Ampedus areolatus (Say)

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

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scientific name	Ampedus areolatus (Say)
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Ampedus areolatus (Say) ( Fig. 34 View Figures 33–38 )

Range: northeastern United States, south to Tennessee, west to Wyoming. Habitat: poorly known.

Collection Method: collected at lights, emergence, beaten from vegetation at the margins of low woods.

Biology: poorly known. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD2 and primary forest.

References: LeConte 1853 (as Elater areolatus Say ); Blatchley 1910 (as E. areolatus ); Dietrich 1945; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Majka and Johnson 2008; Majka et al. 2011.

References

Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Coleoptera or beetles known to occur in Indiana. The Nature Publishing Company; Indianapolis, Indiana. 1386 p.

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.

Peck, S. B., and M. C. Thomas. 1998. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 16: viii + 180.

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).