Placusa tacomae Casey, 1893

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 : 113

242. Placusa tacomae Casey

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

References. Casey 1893. Hatch 1957. Klimaszewski et al. 2001, 2011, 2016e, 2018, 2020, 2021. Webster et al. 2009. Majka et al. 2011.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, AZ, CO, MA, ME, MN, NH (NSR), NY, VA, WA.

Collection and Habitat data. Habitat for NH specimen not indicated; collecting date in July. In AK captured in various coniferous forests, some clearcut, and shrubby habitats such as rose and willow ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada recorded from various hardwood and coniferous forests ( Webster et al. 2009). Adults found under bark of conifers: under bark of fire-killed red pine under bark of red spruce infested with D. rufipennis and P. rufipennis (NB) , in bark of log pile of Pinus contorta ; in galleries of Dendroctonus ponderosae and Ips pini (AB) ; collected in bark of Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. (BC) ( Webster et al. 2009, Majka et al. 2011, Klimaszewski et al. 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Lee , 16.VII.1965, 1 female .