THAMIARAEA PARALIRA, A NEW SPECIES FROM NORTH-AMERICA, AND NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL AND HABITAT DATA FOR OTHER NEARCTIC SPECIES OF THAMIARAEA (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE)

A new species of aleocharine rove beetle, Thamiaraea paralira, from Ne w York and Mississippi, is described and illustrated. It is distinguis hed from T. lira Hoebeke, to which it is very similar, by its smaller body size and by the distinct dentation of the apical margin of the ma le tergum VIII. New distributional data for T. americana Bernhauer (Ka nsas) and T. lira (Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Ontario) are provided. Specimens of both species have been taken from fermenting sapflows (slime fluxes), one of the principal habitats of species of the genus.