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Platysoma leconti Marseul 1853

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

Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 14 July 2020.

Distribution.

North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under bark of hardwood trees (Downie and Arnett 1996; Webster et al. 2012 b); emerged from loblolly pine, water oak, and especially sweetgum (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a), as well as hardwood twigs (Ferro and Nguyen 2016) and the non-native mimosa (Albizia julibrissin (Durazz.) (Fabaceae)) (Ulyshen et al. 2018).

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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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C0C48BFB12835E0998E429C7264F130E

Cites
Publication: 10.3897/zookeys.179.2493 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.047 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.3.551 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1007/978-3-319-75937-1_23 (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/C0C48BFB12835E0998E429C7264F130E (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/255911757 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308642/taxon/C0C48BFB12835E0998E429C7264F130E.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Marseul
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Histeridae
Genus
Platysoma
Species
leconti
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853 sec. Traylor, Ulyshen, Cornish, Tigreros & McHugh, 2025

References

  • Downie NM, Arnett RH (1996) Beetles of Northeastern North America, Volume 2. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 1721 pp.
  • Webster RP, Makepeace S, DeMerchant I, Sweeney JD (2012 b) New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Histeridae. ZooKeys 179: 11–26. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2493
  • 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
  • Ferro ML, Nguyen NH (2016) Survey of twig-inhabiting Coleoptera in Louisiana, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 551–558. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-70.3.551
  • Ulyshen MD, Pawson SM, Branco M, Horn S, Hoebeke ER, Gossner MM (2018) Utilization of non-native wood by saproxylic insects. In: Ulyshen MD (Ed.) Saproxylic Insects: Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation. Zoological Monographs vol. 1. Springer, Cham, 797–834. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75937-1_23