Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 12

Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801)

Wickham 1897, 1911; ISIC; IWUC; UMRC; DAVC; ELFC; MJPC.

Collection dates: May–June.

Collected at lights and in rotten logs.

County records ( Figure 35 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Boone, Dallas, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fremont, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Story, Van Buren, Washington, Winneshiek.

Subfamily PLATYCERINAE Mulsant, 1842

Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762

Figures

Figures 34–41. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 34) Nicagus obscurus (LeConte, 1847). 35) Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801). 36) Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801). 37) Dorcus parallelus (Say, 1824). 38) Lucanus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1764). 39) Lucanus placidus Say, 1825. 40) Xenochodaeus americanus (Westwood, 1852). 41)