HISTERIDAE, Gyllenhal, 1808

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 26

HISTERIDAE

Many genera within this family are in need of revision. Keys do not exist for most species.

Bacanius tantillus LeConte ( Fig. 43 )

Range: probably throughout eastern United States, reported from Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Habitat: reported from leaf litter and decaying wood. Collection Method: emergence, sifting/ Berlese. Biology : reported from dry organic debris in tree cavities and sawdust piles, feeds mainly on fungal spores. Present Study: not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Horn 1873 ; Casey 1893 (key to most species); Blatchley 1910; Wenzel 1960; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Kovarik and Caterino 2002.

LEIODIDAE

Leiodinae

Figures

Figures 39–44. Habitus images. 39) Isarthrus rufipes (Melsheimer) (Eucnemidae). 40) Isorhipis obliqua (Say) (Eucnemidae). 41) Melasis pectinicornis Melsheimer (Eucnemidae). 42) Microrhagus subsinuatus LeConte (Eucnemidae). 43) Bacanius tantillus LeConte (Histeridae). 44) Agathidium sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Leiodinae).