Dircaea liturata (LeConte)

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 : 27

Dircaea liturata (LeConte) ( Fig. 45 )

Range: northeastern North America , south to Tennessee, west to Missouri. Habitat: collected on moss of beech and maple trees, under dead maple bark. Collection Method: emergence. Biology: members of this tribe are considered xylophagous. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in primary forest. References: Felt 1906 (as Phloeotrya liturata LeConte ) ; Blatchley 1910 (as Phloeotrya quadrimaculata Say ); Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Pollock 2002a; Majka et al. 2011.

Hypulus simulator Newman ( Fig. 46 )

Range: northeastern North America south to Mississippi. Habitat: poorly known. Collection Method : emergence. Biology : poorly known. Present Study : not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Packard 1890 ; Downie and Arnett 1996 (as Mystaxus simulator Newman ); Pollock 2002a; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 45–50. Habitus images. 45) Dircaea liturata (LeConte) (Melandryidae). 46) Hypulus simulator Newman (Melandryidae). 47) Ptiliidae gen. sp. (Ptiliidae). 48) Acrotrichis sp. (Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae). 49) Pteryx sp. (Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae). 50) Oligomerus obtusus LeConte (Ptinidae: Anobiinae).