73. Boreophilia eremita (Rey) *

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021), Table 1

References. Rey 1866. Lohse et al. 1990. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018. Webster et al. 2012. Brunke et al. 2021.

Distribution. Holarctic, recorded from AS (Klimaszewski et al. 2021. Canada: LB, MB, NB, QC. USA: AK, NH (NSR).

Collection and Habitat data. The NH female was captured in dwarf Salix, Vaccinium, and leatherleaf litter at an elevation of 1584–1737 m. In Canada this species is found in various marsh habitats; in vegetation in seasonally flooded marshes, in leaf litter and grass litter under alders in a Carex marsh, in woody litter at the base of a dead red maple in a Carex marsh (probably an overwintering site), and in leaf litter in a red oak marsh surrounded by a completely flooded marsh (Webster et al. 2012, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Washington above tree line, 5200–5700’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix, Vaccinium, leatherleaf litter (CNC), 1 female .

Comments. Females of this species may be confused with other species of Boreophilia, and particularly those of closely related B. islandica (Kraatz) . Associating females with males is considered here to be the most reliable way of identifying females of B. eremita and B. islandica . Male/s from NH are needed to confirm this record.