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Pseudactium arcuatum

Description

Pseudactium arcuatum (LeConte) (Fig. 52)

Range: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee. Habitat: forest floor debris, hardwood litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter. Biology: unknown, wingless, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, secondary forest, and fall. References: Carlton and Chandler 1994.

Rhexius schmitti Brendel (Fig. 53)

Range: eastern North America west to Oklahoma. Habitat: rotten wood, leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, UV light. Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, secondary forest, and spring. References: Chandler 1990a; Downie and Arnett 1996.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-58 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (259) on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5175113

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Pseudactium
Species
arcuatum
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Carlton, C. E., and D. S. Chandler. 1994. Revision of the Nearctic genus Pseudactium Casey (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae: Euplectinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 171 - 190.
  • Chandler, D. S. 1990 a. Insecta: Coleoptera Pselaphidae. p. 1175 - 1190. In: D. E. Dindal (ed.). Soil biology guide. John Wiley and Sons; New York. 1349 p.
  • Downie, N. M. and R. H. Arnett, Jr. 1996. The beetles of northeastern North America, 2 vols. The Sandhill Crane Press; Gainesville, FL. 1721 p.