Mocyta discreta (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 : 56

100. Mocyta discreta (Casey)

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2015b, 2018), Table 1

References. Casey 1893. Klimaszewski et al. 2015b, 2018, 2020. Brunke et al. 2021.

Distribution. Nearctic, recorded from A/S ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: BC, MB, ON, QC, SK. USA: IA, MN, NH (NSR), WA.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH a female was captured in May by sifting grass and alder litter at a site close to the border with Quebec. In Canada this species was associated with hardwood/deciduous forests. Adults are found in forest litter, deciduous leaf mold, in maple/oak forest litter, and in other deciduous forest litters ( Klimaszewski et al. 2015b, 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Hwy. 33, Second Connecticut Lake , 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift grass and alder litter, 1 female .