Hoplandria (Lophomucter) laevicollis (Notman)

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 : 89

180. Hoplandria (Lophomucter) laevicollis (Notman)

(Illustrations in Génier 1989, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Notman 1920. Moore and Legner 1975. Seevers 1978. Génier 1989. Brunke et al. 2012. Webster et al. 2016. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, ON, QC. USA: DC, FL, GA, LA, ME (NSR), NC, NH (NSR), NJ, NY, VA.

Collection and Habitat data. The ME and NH specimens were collected primarily by flight intercept traps, and also taken from pig dung in a pasture. Adults found from July to September. In Canada (ON) collected by a Malaise trap in a hardwood forest ( Brunke et al. 2012). Also found on a dead buzzard, rotten bird eggs, and live mushrooms on a fallen tree in unspecified habitats ( Génier 1989). NB specimens were found in rotten bolete mushrooms in an old jack pine forest; one was also taken from a Lindgren funnel trap in a trembling aspen stand ( Webster et al. 2016).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 1–7.VII.1991, 1 female ; 12–17.VIII.1991, 1 female , D.W. Barry, FIT. New Hampshire, Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 4–14.VII.1992, 2 females ; 15–26. VII.1992, 1 female ; 20.VIII–8.IX.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 male. Strafford Co.: Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 29.VII.1986, S.C. Sherman, pig dung in pasture, 1 male .