Leptusa opaca Casey
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Chandler, Donald S.
name: Davies, Anthony
name: Bourdon, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Leptusa
Leptusa opaca

description: 169. Leptusa opaca Casey
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2004, 2018), Table 1
References. Casey 1893, 1911. Pace 1989. Gusarov 2003. Klimaszewski et al. 2004, 2011, 2018. Park et al. 2010. Brattain et al. 2020.
Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC. USA: AR, DC, GA, ME (NSR), NC, NH (NSR), NY, PA, RI, TN, WI.
Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in pine-oak barrens, hemlock litter, under hemlock bark, rotten birch, rotten wood, in flight intercept and window traps; and the ME specimens were taken by a flight intercept trap. Adults found from May to October in NH. In Canada found in a variety of coniferous and deciduous forests as well as mixed forests (Klimaszewski et al. 2004, 2018). Adults taken in moss; alder, birch, maple, and oak litters; under bark of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss., in rotten logs, in Pleurotus sp, on log, and in old Scolytine burrows in red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) where it was found with Leptusa brevicollis Casey, Carphonotus testaceus Casey (Curculionidae: Cossoninae), and Paromalus teres LeConte (Histeridae: Dendrophilinae) (Klimaszewski et al. 2004, 2018).
Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 19–25.VI.1990, 1 male; 17–23.VII.1990, 1 female; 26.VI– 4.VII.1990, 1 male; 8–14.VII.1991, 1 female, D.W. Barry, FIT. New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk., 1900’, 14–21.VIII.1985, 2 sex?; 2–10.VII.1985, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 2 sex? The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 15–20.VI.1984, D.S. Chandler, window trap, 1 sex?; 24–30.VII.1985, 2 sex?; 22–28.VIII.1985, 2 sex?; 15–21.VI.1985, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 sex?; 24.VII.1984, D.S. Chandler, under hemlock bark, 1 female. Bartlett Experimental Forest, 44.07414, -71.29091, 20.IV.2022, K.J. Dodds, sweep, 1 male (MFDC). Cheshire Co.: Pisgah St. Forest, Pisgah Valley For., 1080’, 20.VII.1990, R.M. Reeves, sift hemlock litter, 1 male. Coos Co.: 1 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 10–26.V.1986, 1 male. 1 sex?; 27.V–11.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Mt. Washington, Auto Road, 3000’, 1.VII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift rotten birch, 1 sex? Norton Pool, 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 27.V–11.VI.1986, 1 female; 9–26.V.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 sex? Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 3–19.VIII.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 sex? Hubbard Brook Exp. Forest, Paradise Brook, 1400’, 6.VII.1983, D.S. Chandler, sift rotten wood, 1 male. Merrimack Co.: Concord Airport, 1 mi E Concord, CZ-4a, 24.VII–9.VIII.2001, D.S. Chandler, pine-oak barrens, FIT, 1 female. Strafford Co.: Spruce Hole, 3 mi SW Durham, 7–20.VIII.1987, 1 female; 29.IX–13.X.2005, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male.
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 5364 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460