Hoplandria (Hoplandria) laeviventris Casey

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 : 89-90

181. Hoplandria (Hoplandria) laeviventris Casey

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

References. Casey 1910. Génier 1989. Brunke et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2018.

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: ON. USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME (NSR), NH (NSR), NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WV.

Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in oak, beech and huckleberry litter along bog margins, and in a pine-oak barrens. Collected from May to September by flight intercept and pitfall traps. Elsewhere found in deciduous and white pine forests, in various kinds of leaf litter, Rhododendron litter, leaf litter in deep crevices, litter and mushrooms, oak-hickory duff, dry oak litter, and in carrion (e.g. dead mouse) ( Génier 1989, Brunke et al. 2012).

Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 15–21.VII.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 female . New Hampshire, Hillsborough Co.: 3 mi SE Brookline, Nissitissit River , 23.V–7.VI.1996, 6–16.VI.1996, 23.VIII–13.IX.1996, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 4 males, 1 female . Merrimack Co.: 1 mi E Concord, Concord Airport , CZ-4a, 30.V–12.VI.2001, 13–26.VI.2001, D.S. Chandler, pine-oak barrens, pitfall trap, 2 males, 1 female ; 12–19.V.2001, 9–22.VIII.2001, 22.VIII–7.IX, FIT, 2 males, 2 females, 1 sex? Strafford Co.: Spruce Hole , 3 mi SW Durham, 9.VI.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift oak, beech & huckleberry litter along bog margins, 1 female .