Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1789)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 480 individuals from 37 sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Associated with subterranean termites ( Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar, 1837) ( Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)), and larvae develop by feeding on the walls of the termite galleries (Ritcher 1958); adults occur under bark of standing dead trees, such as mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa Nutt.) and pine (Howden and Vogt 1951; Steury and Paulsen 2022).