Published March 14, 2025 | Version v1
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Phyllobaenus humeralis

  • 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

Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say, 1823)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: six individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 April – 16 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern and central North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop within dead trees and shrubs, including oak, hickory, and sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. (Myricaceae)) (Pulaski 1979; Mawdsley 2002), and adults commonly occur on oak (Dorshorst and Young 2008).

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

Biodiversity

References

  • Pulaski C (1979) Observations on the biology of Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say) (Coleoptera, Cleridae) with descriptions of its immature stages. Master's Thesis, Loyola University Chicago, Chicao, Illinois. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/3044
  • Mawdsley JR (2002) Ecological notes on species of Cleridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) associated with the prairie flora of central North America. The Great Lakes Entomologist 35: 15–22. https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2056
  • Dorshorst JJ, Young DK (2008) An annotated checklist of Wisconsin checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae and Thanerocleridae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 41: 169–185.