Oxypoda convergens Casey, 1893

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 : 105

219. Oxypoda convergens Casey

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2006, 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1893. Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2006, 2011, 2018, 2020, 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK. USA: IA, MO, NH (NSR), NY.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured by sifting old river drift, and taken by FIT and pitfall traps Adults found from June to August. In Canada recorded in various coniferous and hardwood forest types; often very common in decaying gilled mushrooms in forest habitats, especially those dominated by hardwoods; also in riparian habitats, and in a meadow with Salix shrubs ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Second College Grant, nr. Dead Diamond Rd. , 44.892213, - 71.135211, 31.VII.2021, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap S.2.27, 1 male . Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , 2.VIII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese old river drift, 1 female . Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 15–28.VI.1989, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 female .