Eronyxa angusta

Kippenhan, Michael G., 2022, The Bark-Gnawing Beetles of Montana, USA (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae, Peltidae, and Lophocateridae), Including New Substantial Distributional Records for Tenebroides collaris (Sturm), The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (4), pp. 569-576 : 575

ERONyxA ANguStA Casey, 1916, New State Record

A single specimen of this species was collected in 2018 in a Lindgren funnel without indication of bait in Sanders County ( Fig. 2L ). Barron (1971) recorded specimens from California, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho where it is known to occur in ash ( Fraxinus L.; Oleaceae ) blossoms and on P. ponderosa . Barron’s (1971) single Idaho record of “Kootenai Co., Coeur d’ Alene” is approximately 152 km west of the Montana record.

County Records ( Fig. 2L ): Sanders (1).

Figures

Fig. 2. Distribution of 12 species of bark-gnawing beetles by county in Montana.A) Calitys scabra, B) Corticotomus caviceps, C) Temnoscheila chlorodia, D) Tenebroides collaris, E) Tenebroides corticalis, F) Tenebroides crassicornis, G) Tenebroides occidentalis, H) Tenebroides sinuatus, I) Peltis fraterna, J) Peltis pippingskoeldi, K) Peltis septentrionalis, L) Eronyxa angusta.