Phloeolaemus chamaeropis (Schwarz, 1878)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 16 June – 14 July 2020.

Distribution.

Southeastern United States (Thomas 1993).

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under the bark of hardwood logs (sometimes freshly dead with fermenting phloem), especially oak, and apparently feed on fungi (Thomas 1993); emerged from water oak and sweetgum logs (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a) and occur on freshly dead southern red oak (Gil 2008).