Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)

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 : 22

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scientific name

Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)
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Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) ( Fig. 19 View Figures 15–20 )

Range: North Carolina, Tennessee. Habitat: forests, under and in rotten logs, rarely leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, rotten wood, emergence chamber. Biology: larvae and adults possess piercing mouthparts, probably a fungivore, brachypterous. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly more abundant in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. Present Study: significantly higher abun- dance in CWD3–4 and secondary forest. References: Sen Gupta and Crowson 1973 (as Lapecautomus striatus Sen Gupta and Crowson ); Lawrence and Stephan 1975 (as Lapethus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)) ; Lawrence 1982a.

Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012 a. Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 259: 1 - 58.

Lawrence, J. F., and K. Stephan. 1975. The North American Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia). Psyche 82: 131 - 166.

Lawrence, J. F. 1982 a. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Cerylonidae. United States Department of Agriculture Handbook no. 529 - 95: 1 - 10.

Sen Gupta, T., and R. A. Crowson. 1973. A review of the classification of Cerylonidae (Coleoptera, Clavicornia). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 124: 365 - 446.

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Figures 15–20. Habitus images. 15) Urographis fasciatus (Degeer) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 16) Analeptura lineola Say (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae). 17) Trachysida mutabilis (Newman) (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae). 18) Cerylon castaneum Say (Cerylonidae). 19) Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) (Cerylonidae). 20) Philothermus glabriculus (LeConte) (Cerylonidae).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerylonidae

Genus

Mychocerus