Oxypoda opaca (Gravenhorst)

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 : 107

226. Oxypoda opaca (Gravenhorst) †

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1

References. Gravenhorst 1802. Horion 1967. Hoebeke 1990. Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2007b, 2011, 2018. McLean et al. 2009a,b. Webster et al. 2009.

Distribution. Palearctic, and adventive in North America. Canada: BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC. USA: NC, NH (NSR), NY, PA, SC, TN, VT.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured in rotting lawn clippings, a funnel baited with α-pinene & EtOH, and by a flight intercept trap. Collected from May to October. In Canada taken in various deciduous and coniferous forests; often very common in decaying gilled mushrooms in the above forest habitats, especially those dominated by hardwoods; also found in wetland habitats, and a meadow with Salix shrubs. Several were collected from decaying corncobs and cornhusks ( Webster et al. 2009, Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 15–24.VI.1989, 1 female ; 13– 25.X.1989, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Strafford Co.: Durham , 26.V.1987, W.J. Morse, rotting lawn clippings, 1 male . Dover, 22 Crescent Ave. , 43.21299, -70.88062, 3.VIII.2022, M.F. DiGirolomo, ex. funnel, α-pinene & EtOH, 1 female, ( MFDC) . Vermont, Orange Co.: Topsham , 15.V.2007, T. Murray, 1 male .