Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson)

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 : 30

Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) ( Fig. 63 )

Range: throughout eastern North America: New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana and Illinois.

Habitat: under bark, in dead wood, forest litter. Collection Method: sifting litter, debris, and dead wood (with Berlese funnel), emergence chamber. Biology: unknown. Ferro et al. (2012a): signifi- cantly higher abundance in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD2, CWD3–4, and primary forest. References: Horn 1871 (as Glyptoma costale Erichson , figure and key to common species in North America); Blatchley 1910; Notman 1920; Irmler 1985; Downie and Arnett 1996 (figure is not T. costalis ); Peck and Thomas 1998; Ferro and Gimmel 2011; Majka et al. 2011.

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).