Leptusa spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 20

Leptusa spp. ( Fig. 33 )

Comments. Ten species of Leptusa are known from GSMNP. Despite the revision by Park et al. (2010) some specimens could only be reliably identified to genus. Range: eastern United States. Habitat: forest leaf litter, rotten wood. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese leaf litter, and collected from dead wood with emergence chamber. Biology: unknown. Present Study: indifferent to substrate, forest type and season. This is almost certainly a reflection of the habits of multiple species represented by these specimens. References: Blatchley 1910; Downie and Arnett 1996; Newton et al. 2001; Park et al. 2010.

Figures

Figures 31–36. Habitus images. 31) Leptusa gimmeli Park and Carlton (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 32) Leptusa pusio (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 33) Leptusa sp. (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 34) Myllaena sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 35) Dasycerus sp. (Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). 36) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae).