Falagria caesa Erichson, 1837

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 : 71-72

137. Falagria caesa Erichson †

(Illustrations in Hoebeke 1985, Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1

References. Erichson 1837. Hoebeke 1985. Klimaszewski et al. 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018. Webster et al. 2012.

Distribution. Palearctic, Japan and Oriental regions, adventive in North America. Canada: AB, NB, ON, QC, SK. USA: IL, MA, MD, NH (NSR), NJ, NY, UT, VA.

Collection and Habitat data. In NH adults were captured in deciduous leaf litters on the margins of riparian habitats. Collected from late April to September. In Canada found in forested and anthropogenic habitats: specimens were taken from decaying plant material such as compost, moldy corncobs and cornhusks, weeds, haystacks, and rotting fungi ( Klimaszewski et al. 2018) .

Material. USA, New Hampshire, Coos Co.: Beaver Brook Falls , 3 mi NE Colebrook , 11.V.1986, D.S. Chandler, sift alder and grass litter, 1 sex? Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook , 3.VII.1992, berlese maple litter along stream in forest, 2 sex?. D.S. Chandler, sift silver maple litter by stream, 2 sex? Rockingham Co.: Odiorne Point St. Park, 30.IV.1986, 14 sex ?; 24.IX.1986, 14 sex?; 3.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter on marsh edge, 7 sex?; 16.IX.2006, D.S. Chandler, sweeping, 1 sex?; 14.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, under leaf litter around pond, 1 sex? Strafford Co.: Durham , 29.VII.1963, W.J Morse , 1 sex ?