Oxypoda sylvia Casey 1906
- Dataset
- Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Staphylinidae
- genus
- Oxypoda
- species
- Oxypoda sylvia
description
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1
distribution
Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A / S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, ME, NH. Collection and Habitat data. In NH found in birch and fir litter, and in rotten wood. Most specimens were collected by flight intercept traps; specimen from mid-winter was taken by a pitfall trap. Collected from June to March; most specimens were taken during August – September. In AK specimens were captured in alpine tundra, as well as forests of mostly spruce, some aspen, and Betula sp. and Populus tremuloides; in old-growth, and thinned and unthinned 2 nd growth forests (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada found in many forest types, including hardwood and various coniferous species; adults common in decaying and rotten mushrooms in many of the above forest types. Some taken in a group of Pholiota mushrooms on trunk of dead Populus; another under coyote dung on forest road (Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2021).
materials_examined
Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk., 14 – 21. VIII. 1985, 2 males; 6 – 17. IX. 1985, D. S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 male, 1 female. The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 6 – 17. IX. 1985, 1 male; 22 – 28. VIII. 1985, D. S. Chandler, FITrap, 2 males. Coos Co.: 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 22. VIII – 12. IX. 1986, 1 male; 27. IX – 17. X. 1986, D. S. Chandler, FIT, 2 males. Mt. Washington, Halfway House, 25. VI. 1982, D. S. Chandler, sift birch & fir litter, 1 female. Norton Pool, 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 13 – 26. IX. 1986, 5 males, 2 females; 2. IX – 17. X. 1986, 1 male; 22. VIII – 12. IX. 1986, D. S. Chandler, FIT, 2 males. Second College Grant, nr. Dead Diamond Rd., 44.93097, - 71.074241, 30. I – 26. III. 2022, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap # 47, 1 male. Grafton Co.: Hubbard Brook Exp. Forest, Bear Brook, 1500 ’, 15. X. 1982, D. S. Chandler, sift rotten wood, 2 females.
Name
- Synonyms
- Moluciba grandipennis Casey 1911
- Homonyms
- Oxypoda sylvia Casey 1906