Aleocharinae, Fleming, 1821

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 29

Aleocharinae gen. spp. ( Fig. 56 )

Comments. These specimens could not be reliably identified to genus. Aleocharinae are the largest subfamily of Staphylinidae with 21 tribes, 183 genera, and 1385 described species known from North America and are badly in need of a comprehensive revision. See Newton et al. (2001) and references therein, for further information about this subfamily. Range: throughout North America. Habitat: ubiquitous in terrestrial habitats. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese organic material, pitfall traps, bait traps, UV light, emergence chamber. Biology: virtually every mode of life (many very specialized) is known in this subfamily: free living, parasitic, herbivore, carnivore, fungivore, flier, walker, runner, swimmer, social, solitary, etc., but life history is almost unknown at the species level. Ferro et al. (2012a): indifferent to substrate, forest type, and season. Present Study: significantly higher abun- dance FWD1, CWD2, and primary forest. References: Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 51–56. Habitus images. 51) Priobium sericeum (Say) (Ptinidae: Anobiinae). 52) Dendroides canadensis Latreille (Pyrochroidae). 53) Dendroides concolor (Newman) (Pyrochroidae). 54) Clinidium baldufi Bell (Rhysodidae). 55) Rhinosimus viridiaeneus (Randall) (Salpingidae). 56) Aleocharinae gen. sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).