Sonoma spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 23

Sonoma spp. (female) ( Fig. 55 )

Comments. Female Sonoma Casey cannot be reliably identified. These female specimens are prob- ably representative of the eight described species that have been collected in GSMNP. Range : central eastern and western United States. Habitat : leaf litter, rhododendron litter, rotten wood. Collection Method: sifting/ Berlese litter and rotten wood, Lindgren funnel, Malaise trap, flight intercept trap, rarely at UV light. Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD5, indifferent to forest type and season. References: Chandler 1990b ; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001; Ferro and Carlton 2010.

Figures

Figures 55–60. Habitus images. 55) Sonoma sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 56) Trimiomelba dubia (LeConte) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 57) Baeocera pallida Casey (Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae). 58) Euconnus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 59) Euconnus (Napochus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 60) Euconnus (Scopophus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).