Anotylus spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 21

Anotylus spp. ( Fig. 37 )

Comments. This genus is in need of revision. Newton et al. (2001) report 18 species, at least 5 of them adventive in North America. Keys may be found in Casey (1893) (as Oxytelus Gravenhorst in part), Downie and Arnett (1996), and Hatch (1957), but the accuracy of these keys is unknown. Range: throughout North America. Habitat: dung, rotting plant and animal matter, forest litter, some reported from mammal and ant nests. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese leaf litter. Biology: basically unknown at the species level, in general species probably feed on dung or decaying vegetation, see Hammond (1976) for more information. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in litter, primary forest, and spring. References: Casey 1893 (as Oxytelus Gravenhorst in part); Hatch 1957; Hammond 1976; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 37–42. Habitus images. 37) Anotylus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 38) Carpelimus sp. (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). 39) Sunius rufipes (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Paederinae).40) Actiastes fundatum Grigarick and Schuster (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 41) Actiastes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 42) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).