Acalles clavatus (Say, 1831)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: 28 individuals from 14 sites. Sifted from leaf litter from 29 June – 31 August 2020.

Distribution.

Southeastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from twigs of hardwood trees (Ferro and Nguyen 2016), including southern red oak (Ferro et al. 2009).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with, and occurrence probability increases in, old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2023 a, 2024).