Myrmecocephalus gatineauensis Hoebeke

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 : 73

140. Myrmecocephalus gatineauensis Hoebeke

(Illustrations in Hoebeke 1985, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Hoebeke 1985. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, ON, QC. USA: NH, NJ, NY, PA.

Collection and Habitat data. This species is likely associated with American beaver lodges and dams, and decaying organic material; in NB adults were common in nest lining material (mostly grasses) of occupied beaver lodges, also found among sticks and debris near outflow area of beaver dams; one specimen was taken from decaying moldy corncobs and cornhusks, and another from a polypore fungus on beech log in a red spruce and red maple forest. Elsewhere reported from nest lining of a deserted beaver lodge and from a UV trap ( Hoebeke 1985, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Grafton Co.: Franconia ( Hoebeke 1985).