Pycnoplectus spp.

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 : 31

Pycnoplectus spp. (female) ( Fig. 67 )

Comments. Female Pycnoplectus Casey cannot be reliably identified. These female specimens are probably representative of the three species that have been collected in GSMNP. Range : northeastern North America , south to Florida, west to Oklahoma and Michigan. Habitat : log mold, stump mold, tree holes, and leaf litter. Collection Method : sifting/ Berlese , at lights, emergence. Biology : unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study : not significantly associated with any sub- strate or forest type. References: Wagner 1975 ; Grigarick and Schuster 1980; Chandler 1990a; Peck and Thomas 1998; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 63–68. Habitus images. 63) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). 64) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 65) Batrisodes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 66) Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 67) Pycnoplectus sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 68) Sonoma sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).