Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer, 1844)

Otto, Robert L., 2022, New state records for 33 species of Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (934), pp. 1-13 : 10-11

Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer, 1844)

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In Canada, this widespread, common eucnemid species was taken in Ontario and Québec. In the United States, D. badius was previously recorded from Alabama, Arizona, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin ( Muona 2000; Otto and Karns 2017). Three new state records reported for the first time include Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island. CONNECTICUT: CONNECTICUT: New Ha-/ ven Co., 3.7km SE Hamden/ 41.36416, −72.866842, 22m / 28 Jun–12 Jul 2018, LFT/ K. Bjarnason, BSF# 80903 (1, CMNH); DELAWARE: DELAWARE: Kent Co./ 2.8 km WSW of Dover/ 39.146373, −75.55339 / 23m, 29 Jun–9 Jul 2019 // Lindgren funnel trap/ S. Hauss, K. Bielicki/ BSF# 86138 (1, CMNH); RHODE ISLAND: RHODE ISLAND: Providence/ Co., 2km ENE East Provi-/ dence, 41.81579, −71.346178 / 15 m, 3–17 Jul 2018, LFT/ K. DiVito, BSF# 80978 (1, CMNH)

Figures

Figures 7–12. Nearctic Eucnemidae, dorsal habitus 7) Microrhagus carinicollis Otto. 8) Sarpedon scarbrosus Bonvouloir. 9) Onichodon downiei Muona. 10) Onichodon rugicollis (Fall). 11) Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer). 12) Dromaeolus cylindricollis (Say). (Scale: 7–8, 12 = 1.0 mm; 9–11 = 5.0 mm.)