Mniusa minutissima Klimaszewski and Langor

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 : 102

208. Mniusa minutissima Klimaszewski and Langor

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

References. Klimszewski et al. 2011, 2014, 2018. Webster et al. 2016.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: NB, NF. USA (NCR): NH (NSR).

Collection and Habitat data. One NH specimen was captured in litter by a spring in the subalpine zone of Mt. Washington. In Canada taken in an old balsam fir forest, mature red spruce forest, and from Lindgren funnel traps in an old-growth eastern white cedar swamp and fen ( Webster et al. 2016). Adults found in moss near a brook and in deep conifer litter at the base of a large red spruce tree ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Washington, Auto Road , 3000’, 1.VII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter by spring, 1 female .