Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey)

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

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scientific name	Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey)
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Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey) View in CoL ( Fig. 66 View Figures 63–68 )

Range: eastern United States, Pennsylvania south to Florida, west to Iowa. Habitat: reported from log mold, tree holes, and sawdust. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese, emergence. Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD2 and CWD3–4. References: Wagner 1975 ; Grigarick and Schuster; Peck and Thomas 1998; Newton et al. 2001.

References

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272 - 418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 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.

Wagner, J. A. 1975. Review of the genera Euplectus, Pycnoplectus, Leptoplectus, and Acolonia (Coleop- tera: Pselaphidae) including Nearctic species north of Mexico. Entomologica Americana 49: 125 - 207.

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).