Aleochara (Coprochara) bimaculata Gravenhorst, 1802

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 : 9-10

1. Aleochara (Coprochara) bimaculata Gravenhorst

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

References. Gravenhorst 1802; Klimaszewski 1984; Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic; widely distributed in Americas, reported from Arctic/Subarctic (A/S) ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK. USA: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY. Mexico. Colombia. Ecuador. Brazil. Chile. Argentina.

Collection and Habitat data. Found in pig dung in a pasture on a farm in NH. Taken from June to October. Elsewhere recorded from diverse open and treed habitats; adults found in human feces and other animal droppings such as cow, horse, deer, dog; carcasses of dead animals such as rabbit, fish; decaying fungi, moss and leaf litter along streams, and plant debris in beaver lodges ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: Freedom , 8.VIII.1963, R.L. Blickle, ex. cow dung, 2 sex? Merrimack Co.: Hopkinton , 24.IX.1963, W.J. Morse, ex. cow dung, 1 sex? Rockingham Co.: Hampton , 3.X.1932, S.A. Shaw, 1 sex? 2 mi SE Epping, Rockingham Co. Farm , 27.VII.1986, 1 female ; 31.VII.1986, S.C. Sherman, pig dung in pasture, 1 female. Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham , 29.IX–13.X.2005, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female. Durham , 25.VI.1965, R.L. Blickle, emerged ex. Sarcophaga puparium, 2 sex? Canada, Ontario, Toronto , 29.X.1932, L.J. Milne, under carrion, 1 sex? ; 4.IX.1931, L.J. Milne , 1 sex?