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Spilodiscus gloveri

Description

Spilodiscus gloveri (Horn)

Distribution. Throughout the central United States (Fig. 7).

New Arkansas Records. Cleburne Co.: Heber Springs, jct. SR-25 & SR-5; 14-27.IV.2008 (5); pitfall. Franklin: 3 km N of Altus off AR 186, Wiederkehr vineyard; 3-4.IV.2009 (6); burrow excavation. Hot Spring Co.: Malvern, 1 km S Jct US-67 and SR-171, 13-16.IV.2012 (1); pitfall. Lafayette Co.: Bradley, 0.5 km W Jct AR St Hwy 160 and Co. Rd. 9; 15-25.IV.2012 (13); pitfall. Little River Co.: 16 km W Jct St. Hwy. 32/ US Hwy 71; 6.IV-23.V.2013 (1); pitfall. Logan Co: 3 km N of Magazine; 4-24.IV.2009 (1); pitfall. 24.IV.2009 (2); burrow excavation. Sebastian Co.: E. of Excelsior, ~ 1 km E of Jct AR71 & AR10; 25.IV.2009 (2); burrow excavation.

Published Arkansas Records. Izard Co. (Kovarik et. al 2008).

Published Records. (Caterino 1998; Tishechkin and Cline 2008; Connior 2011a; Connior and McAllister 2013). COLORADO: Denver Co. ILLINOIS: Mason Co. LOUISIANA: Grant, Natchitoches, Union and Webster Pars. OKLAHOMA: Atoka, Latimer, McCurtain and Pushmataha Cos. TEXAS: Bexar and Wood Cos. Also reported from Kansas and Oklahoma, although no further data was given (Casey 1916).

Remarks. Spilodiscus gloveri seems to be directly associated with pocket gopher burrows (Caterino 1998).

Notes

Published as part of Connior, Matthew B., Kovarik, Peter W., Iii, Stephen Chordas, Robison, Henry W. & Skelley, Paul E., 2014, Coleoptera (Histeridae, Leiodidae and Scarabaeidae) inhabiting the burrows of Baird's pocket gopher (Rodentia: Geomyidae: Geomys breviceps) in Arkansas, pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (389) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5179638

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
US
Event date
2012-04-13
Family
Histeridae
Genus
Spilodiscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Horn
Species
gloveri
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-04-13/16
Taxonomic concept label
Spilodiscus gloveri (Horn, 1870) sec. Connior, Kovarik, Iii, Robison & Skelley, 2014

References

  • Caterino, M. S. 1998. A phylogenetic revision of Spilodiscus Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Journal of Natural History 32: 1129 - 1168.
  • Tishechkin, A. K., and A. R. Cline. 2008. The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of pocket gopher burrows in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110: 331 - 339.
  • Connior, M. B. 2011 a. Histeridae and Scarabaeidae from unsampled populations of pocket gopher burrows in Louisiana. Insecta Mundi 153: 1 - 5.
  • Connior, M. B, and C. T. McAllister. 2013. Coleoptera (Histeridae and Scarabaeidae) from Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) burrows from Southeastern Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 93: 19 - 22.
  • Casey, T. L. 1916. Memoirs on the Coleoptera, vii. New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, PA.