Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Atheta (Bessobia) cryptica (Lohse)

Atheta (Bessobia) cryptica (for diagnosis and illustrations, see Klimaszewski et al. 2011)

Distribution.

Natural history.

In British Columbia, adults were captured in willow-aspen litter. In Newfoundland, adults were collected using pitfall traps in fir forests (Klimaszewski et al. 2011). In Yukon Territory, adults were collected from sifted willow litter ( Salix sp.) (Klimaszewski et al. 2008). The adults were collected from May to July.