Atheta (Dimetrota) hampshirensis Bernhauer 1909
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
Atheta
Atheta hampshirensis

description: 47. Atheta (Dimetrota) hampshirensis Bernhauer
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1
References. Bernhauer 1909. Lohse and Smetana 1985, Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002a. Gusarov 2003. Majka and Sikes 2009. Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2011, 2018, 2021. Brunke et al. 2021.
Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, reported from A/Sw (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC. USA: AK, CA, ME (NSR), NC, NH, NY, PA, RI, WA.
Collection and Habitat data. The NH/ME specimens were taken primarily by flight intercept and window traps, as well as by sifting leaf litters near streams and examining fungi in boreal and deciduous forests. Adults were collected from May to September, with most specimens taken in September. In Canada found in various coniferous, mixed, and hardwood forests, usually in decaying organic materials such as rotting fungi in various stages of decay, dung, and carrion; in decaying corncobs and cornhusks near mixed forest, alder swamp on remains of dead deer, some from leaf litter and scat under great horned owl nest in hardwood forest (Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021).
Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 17–23.VII.1990, 1 male; 10–16.VII.1990, 1 male; 7– 13.V.1991, 1 male; 25–30.IX.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 female. New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk., 1900’, 6–17.IX.1985, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 male. 6 mi NW Bartlett, Nancy Brook Trail, 1500’, 9.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, leaf litter along cascading stream (CNC), 5 sex? The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 15–20.VI.1984, D.S. Chandler, window trap, 1 female. White Mts., Crawford Notch, Silver Cascade, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. Campbell (CNC), 1 female. Crawford Notch, 3–5.IX.1970, S. Peck, decid. for., human dung trap (CNC), 1 male, 2 females. Coos Co.: 8 mi E Gorham, 800’, 14.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 2 sex? 17 km S Gorham, Glen Ellis Falls, 1900’, 8.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting litter by stream (CNC), 1 sex? 2 mi NE Crawford Depot, 2100’, 13.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, ex mass of mushrooms on large stump (CNC), 2 females, 2 sex? Mt. Washington, Auto Road, 2700’, 15.VII.1982, D.S. Chandler, window trap, 1 sex? Norton Pool, 3 km NE East Inlet Dam, 25.VI–9.VII.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female. Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge S. P. @ Oliverian Brook, 3.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese maple litter along stream in forest, 1 female; 3–19.VIII.1992, 20.VIII–8.IX.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 male, 2 females. Merrimack Co.: 1 mi E Concord, Concord Airport, CZ-4a, 30.V–13.VI.2001, D.S. Chandler, pine-oak barrens, pitfall trap, 1 male. Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham, 21.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter birch sap drip, 1 male, 1 sex? 4 mi W Durham, 28.VI–2.VII.1982, R.M. Reeves, window trap, 1 male. Thompson Farm, 3.5 km, SW Durham, N43.11233, W70.94838, 17m, 1–15.IX.2005, D.S. Chandler, oak, pine, maple forest, 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 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460