Atheta (Lamiota) keeni Casey, 1910

Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 5364 (1), pp. 1-141 : 30

48. Atheta (Lamiota) keeni Casey

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2020, 2021), Table 1

References. Casey 1910. Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002a (as L. vasta ). Klimaszewski et al. 2020, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, reported from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada:AB, BC. USA: AK, NH (NSR), OR.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH a single female was captured in a FIT in June at a site near the border with Quebec. In AK found in forest litter of Alnus, Verathrum , and ferns ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In BC found in a transition zone of Sitka spruce, in dung and carrion, in Alnus litter, in moss, fern, and Amelanchier litter at edge of upland pond, and in moss and leaf litter near a creek; in AB found in a Douglas fir and lodgepole pine stand with aspen and birch understory ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 12–24.VI.1996, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female .

Comments. The record from NH should be consider as a tentative one because it is based only on single female specimen, and there is a possibility of confusion with some other species.