Aleochara (Aleochara) thoracica (Casey)

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 : 18

22. Aleochara (Aleochara) thoracica (Casey)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski 1984, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1893. Klimaszewski 1984. Klimasewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, NF, ON. USA: IL, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, PA, RI, WI.

Collection and Habitat data. Specimens in NH were captured by sifting litter along a marsh edge, and were taken by flight intercept and pitfall traps. Collected from May to October with one January record. Elsewhere found in: leaf litter on margins of vernal ponds and pools in mature spruce and eastern white cedar forests (common) and mixed forests, a Carex marsh in moist grass litter and Sphagnum moss, Sphagnum moss and grasses in a bog, organic debris in a forested swamp, flood debris, debris around dead elm, a moose carcass, and scat on a log in an oak forest ( Klimaszewski 1984, Klimasewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fk. Spring Brk. , 2–19.VII.1985, 1900’, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 female . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , 3.VII.1992, 4–14.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 male, 1 female . Rockingham Co.: Hampton , 20.I.1927, S.A. Shaw, sifting, 1 sex? 1.5 mi S Exeter, Exeter River, 22.IX–15.X.1998, S Durley, pitfall trap, 1 male . Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham , 27.IV–11.V.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female ; 21.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter along marsh edge, 1 male.