Boreophilia eremita (Rey)

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 : 45

73. Boreophilia eremita (Rey) *

(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021), Table 1

References. Rey 1866. Lohse et al. 1990. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018. Webster et al. 2012. Brunke et al. 2021.

Distribution. Holarctic, recorded from AS ( Klimaszewski et al. 2021. Canada: LB, MB, NB, QC. USA: AK, NH (NSR).

Collection and Habitat data. The NH female was captured in dwarf Salix , Vaccinium , and leatherleaf litter at an elevation of 1584–1737 m. In Canada this species is found in various marsh habitats; in vegetation in seasonally flooded marshes, in leaf litter and grass litter under alders in a Carex marsh, in woody litter at the base of a dead red maple in a Carex marsh (probably an overwintering site), and in leaf litter in a red oak marsh surrounded by a completely flooded marsh ( Webster et al. 2012, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Mt. Washington above tree line, 5200–5700’, 10.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, dwarf Salix , Vaccinium , leatherleaf litter ( CNC), 1 female .

Comments. Females of this species may be confused with other species of Boreophilia , and particularly those of closely related B. islandica (Kraatz) . Associating females with males is considered here to be the most reliable way of identifying females of B. eremita and B. islandica . Male/s from NH are needed to confirm this record.