Tenebroides corticalis, (Melsheimer, 1844)

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 : 574

TeNeBROIDeS cORtIcALIS (Melsheimer, 1844)

This species has an extensive distribution throughout Canada and the United States southward into Mexico and Central America ( Barron 1971). It is possible this species occurs in all of Montana. All but 19 of the 161 specimens examined were collected by either funnel or vane traps .

County Records ( Fig. 2E ): Big Horn (6), Blaine (3), Carter (27), Cascade (1), Custer (8), Fallon (5), Gallatin (4), Hill (19), Jefferson (4), Lewis and Clark (5), Mineral (1), Musselshell (1), Park (1), Phillips (2), Pondera (6), Powder River (2), Powell (5), Richland (24), Roosevelt (1), Rosebud (13), Stillwater (1), Toole (1), Valley (3), Wheatland (3), Wibaux (8), Yellowstone (7).

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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.