Aleochara (Xenochara) fumata 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 : 12

7. Aleochara (Xenochara) fumata Gravenhorst †

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

References. Gravenhorst 1802. Klimaszewski 1984. Klimaszewski and Peck 1986. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Palearctic, adventive in North America, reported from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, YT. USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, GA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.

Collection and Habitat data. Specimens were captured from June to September in ME and NH by flight intercept (FIT) and window traps, by sifting litter by a stream, and by processing grass sod using a Berlese funnel. Elsewhere found in hardwood, mixed, and coniferous forests; in rotting fungi (often very common), organic debris, carrion, and wet moss ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 31.VII–6.VIII.1990, 14–20.VIII.1990, 28.VIII–3.IX.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 3 females . New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fk. Spring Brk. , 22.VI–1.VII.1985, 2–10.VII.1985, 18–23.VII.1985, 24–30.VII.1985, 1900’, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 9 males, 8 females . The Bowl , 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet 18–23.VII.1985, 31.VII–6.VIII.1985, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 2 males, 1 female . Coos Co.: 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam , 25.VII–7.VIII.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male . 17 km S Gorham, Glen Ellis Falls , 1900’, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting litter by stream, ( CNC), 1 female . Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 19.VI–12.VII.1989, 1 female ; 11–26.VIII.1989, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male . 1 mi W Odiorne Pt. , 13– 18.VIII.1983, D.S. Chandler, malaise trap, 1 female . Hampton , 1.V.1910, S.A. Shaw, 1 male . Strafford Co.: Durham , 1.VII.1925, 35, 1 female . 1 mi SW Durham , 16.V.1988, W.J. Morse, water tower, 1 male ; 7–20.VIII.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 3 females ; 2–9.VII.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 2 females . 4 mi W Durham , 2–5.VIII.1982, 2 females , 14–17.VI.1982, 1 male, 2 females ; 6–9.VIII.1982, 1 female ; 23–25.VII.1982, 1 male ; 10–12.VIII.1982, 1 male, 2 females , R.M. Reeves, window trap. Barrington , 6.IX.1986, W.J. Morse, ex. fungus, 1 female . Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 10–23.VII.1987, 1 male, 3 females ; 7–20.VIII.1987, 1 female , D.S. Chandler, FIT. UNH Dudley , Lot, 1 km W[E] Lee, 11.IX.2008, D.M. Dextraze, berlese grass sod, 1 male .