43. Atheta (Microdota) festinans (Erichson)

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

References. Erichson 1839. Bernhauer 1907. Blatchley 1910. Casey 1910. Gusarov 2003. Majka and Sikes 2009. Brunke et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2015c, 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: ON, QC. USA: AZ, CT, IA, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, PA, RI.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH three females were captured by sweeping a lawn in October. In Canada taken by a pitfall trap in a hedgerow (ON), and from woody debris in a sandy pit in association with a Dyschirius sp. ( Carabidae) (QC) (Brunke et al. 2012, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Strafford Co.: Bellamy Road, 3.2. km S Dover, 15.X.2020, D.S. Chandler, sweep lawn, 3 females .

Comments. Gusarov (2003 a) remarked that all specimens seen of this species were females, and suggested that this species may be parthenogenetic. Congruently, the Ontario, Quebec (Klimaszewski et al. 2018), and New Hampshire specimens were also females.