Caulophilus dubius (Horn)

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 : 23

Caulophilus dubius (Horn) ( Fig. 25 )

Range: throughout eastern United States: New York to Florida, west to Michigan and Texas. Habitat: under bark of dead trees and Vitis (grape) vine, in leaf litter and tree holes. Collection Method: searching under bark and sifting/Berlese leaf litter and rotten wood, emergence. Biology: unknown. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly more abundant in leaf litter and spring, indifferent to forest. Present Study: significantly more abundant in FWD1 and primary forest. References: Blatchley and Leng 1916 (as Allomimus dubius Horn ); Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Ciegler 2010.

Figures

Figures 21–26. Habitus images. 21) Ceracis singularis (Dury) (Ciidae). 22) Octotemnus laevis Casey (Ciidae). 23) Atomaria sp. (Cryptophagidae). 24) Cryptophagus sp. (Cryptophagidae). 25) Caulophilus dubius (Horn) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae). 26) Stenoscelis brevis (Boheman) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae).