Hoplandria (Hoplandria) lateralis (Melsheimer)

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 : 90

182. Hoplandria (Hoplandria) lateralis (Melsheimer)

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

References. Melsheimer 1844. Kraatz 1857. Fenyes 1920. Casey 1910. Génier 1989. Caterino and Chatzimanolis 2007. Webster et al. 2009. Brunke et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, ON, QC. USA: AR, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, ME (NSR), MI, MO, NC, NH (NSR), NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV. Mexico.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in grasses, pine-oak barrens, and an abandoned beaver pond area; primarily taken by flight intercept traps. Collected in May (1 female) and from July to October. Elsewhere found in hardwood forests: on human feces, on carrion of various animals (fish, bat, mouse), in malt trap, pitfall trap baited with soybeans, pitfall traps in oak-hickory forest, leaf litter, and sifting wood chips. Some were collected by sweeping broom sedge, in an ultraviolet light trap, and by treading mud on river ( Génier 1989, Webster et al. 2009, Brunke et al. 2012).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 29.VII–10.VIII.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 male . New Hampshire, Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 20.VIII–8.IX.1992, 1 female ; 9–29.IX.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 female; 23.V.1992, D.S. Chandler, sweep grasses, 1 female. Merrimack Co.: Concord Airport 1 mi E Concord, CZ-4a, 9–22.VIII.2001, D.S. Chandler, pine-oak barrens, FIT, 2 males . Strafford Co.: Thompson Farm , 3.5 km SW Durham, 43.1127, -70.9486, 14m, 29.IX–13.X–2005, beaver pond area, FIT, 1 male ; 1– 15.IX.2005, beaver pond area, pitfall, 1 female; 29.IX–13.X.2005, ZOOL 745/845 class, beaver pond area, pitfall, 1 female.