Laemophloeus biguttatus (Say, 1827)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 24 individuals from 13 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 26 August 2020.

Distribution.

North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop under the bark of standing dead oaks (e. g., Quercus hemisphaerica W. Bartram ex Willd.) infested with the fungi Biscogniauxia atropunctata, and apparently jump when disturbed (Bertone et al. 2022); adults also occur under bark (Thomas 1993).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2024).