Tachyporinae, MacLeay, 1825

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 25

Tachyporinae

Ischnosoma lecontei Campbell ( Fig. 64 )

Range: Appalachian Mountains from Virginia to Georgia at 600–2020 m elevation, one questionable record from Ohio. Habitat: leaf litter of various hardwoods, edge of streams, rotting logs and stumps, tree holes. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter and debris. Biology: unknown, adults have been collected year round. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, primary forest, and spring. References: Campbell 1991.

Figures

Figures 61–65. Habitus images. 61) Parascydmus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 62) Scydmaenus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 63) Stenus sp. (Staphylinidae: Steninae). 64) Ischnosoma lecontei Campbell (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 65) Anaedus brunneus (Ziegler) (Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae).