Dinaraea backusensis Klimaszewski and Brunke

Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 5364 (1), pp. 1-141 : 50

85. Dinaraea backusensis Klimaszewski and Brunke

(Illustrations in Brunke et al. 2012, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Brunke et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2013b, 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, ON. USA: MA, NH (NSR).

Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured in rotten spruce/fir logs and forest leaf litter. In Canada found in various hardwood and mixed hardwood-conifer forest types. Adults mostly found under bark of rotting logs (sugar maple, red maple, spruce) or in rotten logs; some in polypore fungi on a large fallen basswood ( Tilia americana L.), and in moss and litter at the base of cedar, and in litter in a sugar maple forest; a few were taken by Lindgren funnel traps ( Brunke et al. 2012, Klimaszewski et al. 2013b, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Norton Pool , 2 mi E East Inlet Dam, 7.IX.1984, D.S. Chandler, sift rotten spruce / fir logs, 1 female . Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 25.X.1989, D.S. Chandler, sift forest litter, 2 females . Strafford Co.: Kingman Farm , 3.5 km N Durham, 47m, 10.IX.2009, R.L. Mixon, sift leaf litter, 1 female .