Atheta (Dimetrota) hampshirensis Bernhauer 1909
Creators: name: Majka, Christopher
name: Klimaszewski, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta
Atheta hampshirensis

description: <i>Atheta (Dimetrota) hampshirensis</i> Bernhauer, 1909 <b>CANADA: NEW BRUNSWICK: Albert Co.:</b> Mary’s Point, 9.VIII.2002, 8.IX.2002, C.G. Majka, white spruce forest, in <i>Russula virescens</i>, (4, CGMC); Mary’s Point, 12.VIII.2004, C.G. Majka, coastal field, in compost, (7, CGMC). <b>NOVA <b>SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.:</b> Big Dam Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 12-22.VIII.2004, 27.VI-7.VII.2004, H. Love &amp; S. Baker, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (39, DAL)</b> ; Channel Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 12-22.VIII.2004, H. Love, maple/oak/ birch forest, pitfall trap, (6, DAL); <b>Cumberland Co.:</b> Wentworth, 1.VIII.1965, B. Wright, sugar maple forest, (4, NSMC); <b>Colchester Co.:</b> Bible Hill, 31.V.2005, K. Aikens, pasture, (20, CBU); <b>Digby Co.:</b> Pebbleloggitch Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 28.VI-7.VII.2004, 13-24.VIII.2004, H. Love, maple/oak/birch forest, pitfall trap, (8, DAL); South Range, Porters Lake, 27.VII.2003, G.D. Selig, in decaying mushroom, (1, GDS); <b>Guysborough Co.:</b> Melopseketch Lake, 14.V2.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, young red spruce forest, (1, NSMC); <b>Halifax Co.:</b> Long Lake, 25.V.2002, C.G. Majka, meadow in mixed forest, (1, CGMC); Big Indian Lake, 16.VII.2003, P. Dollin, red spruce forest (80-120 yrs), in rotting mushroom, (1, NSMC); Burnside, 12.V.2004, 18.VI.2004, C. Cormier, meadow, on decomposing pig, (2, SMU); <b>Kings Co.:</b> Kentville, D.H. Webster, 10.V.2006, on black currant leaf, (1, DHWC); <b>Lunenburg Co.:</b> Card Lake, 2-15.VI.1997. D.J. Bishop, old growth red spruce/hemlock forest, flight intercept trap, (1, NSMC); <b>Queens Co.:</b> Kejimkujik National Park, 19.IX.2005, 29.IX.2005, B. Wright, deciduous forest, (8, NSMC; Sixth Lake, 4.VIII.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, in rotting mushroom, (1, NSMC); Kejimkujik National Park, 11.IX.2001, 19.IX.2001, 29.IX.2001, B. Wright, deciduous forest, pitfall trap, (3, NSMC); Canning Field, Kejimkujik National Park, 14-23.VIII.2004, H. Love, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (5, DAL); Cobreille Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 27.VI-6.VII.2004, 13-24. VIII.2004, H. Love, maple/oak/birch forest, pitfall trap, (84, DAL); North Cranberry Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 28.VI-8.VII.2004,13- 24.VIII.2004, H. Love, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (12, DAL). <b>ONTARIO: Nippising Co.:</b> Algonquin Provincial Park near Brent, 21.VIII.1980, 22.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (3m, MZLU; 8f, MZLU; 1f, LFC); <b>Sudbury Co.:</b> 40 km northeast Gogama, Mattagami River, 27.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1m, MZLU; 1f, MZLU); Mattagami, 25.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1m, MZLU; 1f, MZLU; 1m, LFC). <i>Atheta hampshirensis</i> is newly recorded from New Brunswick [it was mentioned as occurring in New Brunswick by Klimaszewski and Winchester (2002) but no specific locality records were reported], Nova Scotia, and Ontario. <i>Atheta hampshirensis</i> was originally described under the preoccupied name of <i>Homalota moesta</i> Mäklin from Sitka Island, Alaska (Mäklin 1852). In the Maritime Provinces it has been found in various coniferous and deciduous forests and in open habitats, on living and decaying mushrooms, in compost, and on carrion. It is sometimes found together with superficially similar <i>Strophogastra penicillata</i> Fenyes and <i>Atheta dadopora</i>.
description: Published as part of <i>Majka, Christopher &amp; Klimaszewski, Jan, 2008, New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 85-114 in ZooKeys 2 (2)</i> on pages 96-97, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/576409
description: {"references": ["Klimaszewski J, Winchester NN (2002) Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the ancient Sitka spruce forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Memoires de la Societe royale belge d'Entomologie 40: 3 - 126.", "Maklin F (1852) New species and notes. In: Mannerheim CG (Ed) Zweiter Nachtrag zur Kafer-Fauna der Nordamerikanischen Lander des Russischen Reiches. Bulletin de la Societe imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 25: 283 - 372."]}