Lypoglossa angularis (LeConte)

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 : 54

96. Lypoglossa angularis (LeConte)

(Illustrations in Gusarov 2004, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. LeConte 1867. Hoebeke 1992. Gusarov 2004a. Majka and Klimaszewski 2010. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, AZ, CA, CO, ME, NH, NM, OR, WA, WY.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured by pitfall and flight intercept traps, and sifted from a wide variety of alpine/subalpine leaf litters. Collected from June to September. In AK taken in boreal forest and subalpine areas of shrubs and small trees as well as herbaceous tundra/heath, shrubby Krummholz, subalpine meadows, and flooded meadows. Also, under boards and driftwood, and near bear dung. In Canada found in gopher burrows, moss at edge of forest, in Betula , Picea and Alnus, Verathrum , and fern forest litters, and from a treeline subalpine meadow ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fk. Spring Brk., 24–30.VII.1985, 1900’, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 female. Coos Co:. Mt. Washington, Halfway house, 25.VI.1982, 15.VII.1982, R.M. Reeves, pitfall, 7 males, 4 females, 11 sex?; 18.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift birch & fir litter, 1 female. Mt. Monroe, around Lakes of the Clouds, 5000–5100’, 10.IX.1987, Campbell and A. Davies, Vaccinium , dwarf Betula , leatherleaf litter near lake ( CNC), 2 males; A. Smetana ( CNC) 4 sex? Mt. Washington, Auto Rd., 4100’, 14.IX.1987, sifting Sphagnum under spruce tree near spring ( CNC), 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Auto Rd. Mi 5.3, 4750’, Cragway Spring, 12.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell, sifting Alnus litter ( CNC), 3 sex? Mt. Washington, above tree line, 5300–5700’, 10.IX.1987, Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix , Vaccinium , leatherleaf litter ( CNC), 3 sex? Mt. Washington, Alpine Garden, 5300’, 12.IX.1987, Campbell and A. Davies, sifting dwarf Betula litter ( CNC), 2 sex? White Mts., Glen Boulder Trail, 2500’, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell ( CNC) 1 sex? Grafton Co.: 8 mi NW Bartlett Nancy Cascade, 2500’, 9.IX.1987, Sphagnum in mist zone of waterfall, Campbell and A. Davies ( CNC) 1 sex? Strafford Co.: Spruce Hole, 3 mi SW Durham, 25.IX–14.X.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Wyoming, Bighorn Co.: 42 mi E Greybull, 10.VII.1992, R.M. Reeves, sift conifer leaf litter, 1 male.