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Mychocerinus depressus

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
  • 2. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  • 3. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  • 4. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA 39870, USA

Description

Mychocerinus depressus (LeConte, 1866)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 6 May 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under fungus-covered bark of oak, beech, and hickory (Lawrence and Stephan 1975); emerged from water oak, loblolly pine, and sweetgum, and associated with standing dead trees (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).

Notes

Published as part of Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, pp. 1-95 in ZooKeys 1232 on pages 1-95, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/92768B2B8D4F5D969D533DE8E69CB8DB

Cites
Publication: 10.1155/1975/16703 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.047 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/42C38F0E24F159D4A275585500486F74 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/92768B2B8D4F5D969D533DE8E69CB8DB (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/255911647 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308642/taxon/92768B2B8D4F5D969D533DE8E69CB8DB.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Murmidiidae
Genus
Mychocerinus
Species
depressus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mychocerinus depressus (LeConte, 1866) sec. Traylor, Ulyshen, Cornish, Tigreros & McHugh, 2025

References

  • Lawrence JF, Stephan K (1975) The North American Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia). Psyche 82: 131–166. https://doi.org/10.1155/1975/16703
  • Ulyshen MD, Hanula JL (2009 a) Habitat associations of saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States: A comparison of forest types, tree species and wood postures. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 653–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.047