Catopocerus spp.

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 : 17

Catopocerus spp. (female) ( Fig. 19 )

Comments. Males of Catopocerus appalachianus Peck and possibly an undescribed species were collected; however, none were represented by more than 10 specimens. Information provided below applies to the genus in general. Range: unglaciated mountain ranges in eastern and western North America. Habitat: moist forest litter, soil, well rotten logs, under rocks, in caves. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, rotten pig liver bait, carrion pitfall traps. Biology: eyeless, wingless, probably feeds on organic debris and fungi, larvae and teneral adults collected in the spring. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, indifferent to forest and season. References: Peck 1974, 2001; Downie and Arnett 1996.

Figures

Figures 19–24. Habitus images. 19) Catopocerus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Catopocerinae). 20) Ptomaphagus appalachianus (Peck) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 21) Ptomaphagus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 22) Agathidium sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Leiodinae). 23) Stelidota octomaculata (Say) (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae). 24) Acrotrichis sp. (Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae).