Leptusa elegans Blatchley

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 : 83

167. Leptusa elegans Blatchley

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

References. Blatchley 1910. Pace 1989 (as Meronera ). Casey 1911 (as Sipalia fontana Casey and Pasilia virginica Casey ). Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski et al. 2004, 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: ON, QC. USA: AR, IN, MN, NH (NSR), NJ, NY, PA, VT, VA.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH and VT captured in unspecified forest litters, and from red and chestnut oak litter; one specimen was taken by a FIT. Collected from May and from September to October in NH. In Canada recorded from a mixed forest and alvar habitat; adults in moss and litter near a pond ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 25.X.1989, 2 males, 2 females ; 18.V.1989, D.S. Chandler, sift forest litter, 1 male. Strafford Co.: UNH Dudley Lot , 1 km E Lee, 19.IX–2.X.2008, ZOOL 745/845 class, FIT, forest, 1 female . Vermont, Addison Co.: Bryant Mt. Summit, 2 mi N Lake Dunmore, 25.VI.1985, R.M. Reeves, sift red & chestnut oak litter, 1 male .