Hylota cryptica Klimaszewski & Webster, 2016

Brunke, Adam J., Pentinsaari, Mikko & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2021, Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 1041, pp. 27-99 : 27

Hylota cryptica Klimaszewski & Webster, 2016 Fig. 3A-G

Material

(DNA barcoded specimens). Canada: Ontario: Guelph, Hanlon Preservation Park, 43.506, -80.213, mixed forest, dead wood and beating, 11.VI.2017, M. Pentinsaari (1, CBG); Hartington, Eel Lake Cottage , 44.5628, -76.553, Lindgren funnel, 12.VII.2017, G. Blagoev (1, CBG); Kawartha Lakes, 44.28, -78.529, farm, malaise trap, 5.V.2016, B. McClenaghan (1, CBG); Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, 44.7812, -76.2336, forest, malaise trap, 19.VI.2014, CBG Collections staff (1, CBG) ; Newfoundland: Terra Nova National Park, Blue Hill Road , 48.598, -53.9702, malaise trap, old balsam fir forest, 2.VII.2013, E. Perry (1, CBG) .

Distribution.

Origin: Nearctic. Canada: AB, NB, NF [new record], ON [new record].

Bionomics.

Little is known about the microhabitat preferences of this species, but it likely occurs in in nests or cavities within trees as does H. ochracea ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Comments.

This recently described species, previously known from New Brunswick and Alberta ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018) is newly recorded from Ontario and Newfoundland. It is likely to be widely distributed in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.

Figures

Figure 3. Hylota cryptica Klimaszewski & Webster A habitus B median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view C spermatheca D male tergite VIII E male sternite VIII F female tergite VIII G female sternite VIII. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B-G). Illustrations after Webster et al. (2016).