Tachyporinae, MacLeay, 1825

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 : 32

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scientific name	Tachyporinae
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Sepedophilus brachypterus Campbell ( Fig. 74 View Figures 69–74 )

Range: eastern North America from Maine south to Mississippi, west to Texas and Iowa. Habitat: in leaf litter, wood trash, on fungus, underside of log. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese, emergence.

Biology: recorded from undetermined Agaricales . Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD3–4 and primary forest. References: Campbell 1976; Newton 1984; Downie and Arnett 1996; Majka et al. 2011.

References

Campbell, J. M. 1976. A revision of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 99: 1 - 89.

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.

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.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1984. Mycophagy in Staphylinodea (Coleoptera). p. 302 - 353. In: Q. Wheeler, and M. Blackwell (eds.). Fungus-insect relationships: perspectives in ecology and evolution. Columbia University Press, NY. 514 p.

Figures

Figures 69–74. Habitus images. 69) Trimioplectus obsoletus Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 70) Euconnus (Napochus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 71) Euconnus (Scopophus) n. sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 72) Euconnus (Scopophus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 73) Hesperus apicialis (Say) (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). 74) Sepedophilus brachypterus Campbell (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae).