Ampedus semicinctus (Randall)

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 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5175284

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5187726

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scientific name

Ampedus semicinctus (Randall)
status

 

Ampedus semicinctus (Randall) ( Fig. 36 View Figures 33–38 )

Range: northeastern United States, south to Tennessee, west to Indiana. Habitat: collected in spruce, pine, hemlock, and fir forests. Collection Method: emergence. Biology: collected under loose pine bark and beating oak. Present Study: not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type.

References: LeConte 1853 (as Elater semicinctus Randall ); Dietrich 1945; Downie and Arnett 1996; Majka and Johnson 2008; Majka et al. 2011.

Dietrich, H. 1945. The Elateridae of New York State. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir 269: 1 - 79.

Downie, N. M., and R. H. Arnett, Jr. 1996. The beetles of northeastern North America, 2 vols. The Sandhill Crane Press; Gainesville, FL. 1721 p.

LeConte, J. L. 1853. Revision of the Elateridae of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 10: 405 - 508.

Majka, C. G., and P. J. Johnson. 2008. The Elateridae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: faunal composition, new records, and taxonomic changes. Zootaxa 1811: 1 - 33.

Majka, C. G., D. S. Chandler, and C. P. Donahue. 2011. Checklist of the beetles of Maine, USA. Empty Mirrors Press; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 328 p.

Gallery Image

Figures 33–38. Habitus images. 33) Xyloterinus politus (Say) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). 34) Ampedus areolatus (Say) (Elateridae). 35) Ampedus luteolus (LeConte) (Elateridae). 36) Ampedus semicinctus (Randall) (Elateridae). 37) Bystus ulkei (Crotch) (Endomychidae). 38) Tohlezkus inexpectus Vit (Eucinetidae).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Genus

Ampedus