189. Xenodusa cava (LeConte)

(Illustrations in Hoebeke 1976, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. LeConte 1863. Casey 1911 (as synonyms X. lobata Casey and X. probata Casey). Hoebeke 1976. Sikes 2004. Majka et al. 2011.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: ON. USA: AR, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, VA, WV, WI.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured in a termite nest, a carpenter ant colony/nest, and in a house. Adults collected from April to August. Elsewhere reported from ant nests of Camponotus americanus Mayr, C. noveboracensis (Fitch), C. ferrugineus (Fab.), C. pennsylvanicus (DeGeer), Formica pallidefulva nitidiventris Emery, F. rubicunda Emery, F. schaufussi Mayr, F. exsectoides Forel, F. rufa group, and a Myrmica sp. (Hoebeke 1976, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, Massachusetts, Barnstable Co.: Falmouth, Frances Crane WMA, 41.61064, -70.2507, 14.V.2015, R.A. DiGirolomo, ex. funnel trap, SPB Lure, 1 sex? (MFDC) . New Hampshire, Strafford Co.: Dover, 21.V.1981, J.S. Bowman, 1 sex ? Durham, 28.IV.1960, P. Dargon, 1 sex?; 23.IV.1960, P. Burleigh, 1 sex?; 14.V.1983, W.J. Morse, 1 sex?; 17.IV.1957, A. Kenneson, 1 sex?; 29.VIII.1960, W. Lee, in termite nest, 1 sex?; 11.VII.1994, W.J. Morse, in house, 1 sex?; 29.IV.1972, W.J. Morse, carpenter ant colony, 1 sex?; 13.V.1981, W.J. Morse, 1 sex?; 29.IV.1972, W.J. Morse, carpenter ant nest, 1 sex?; 13.V.1960, B. Sprague, 1 sex? New York, Essex Co.: Keene Valley, Adir [ondacks], IX.1917, G.P. Engelhardt, 1 sex? Suffolk Co.: Lake R’nk’ma [Ronkonkoma], L(ong) I(sland), 22.V.1922, F.M. Schott, 1 sex? CANADA. Ontario, Port Hope, R.J. Crew, 1 sex? Toronto, R.J. Crew, 2 sex ?