Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 16

Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) ( Fig. 11 )

Range: North Carolina, Tennessee. Habitat: forests, under and in rotten logs, rarely leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, rotten wood. Biology: larvae and adults possess piercing mouthparts, probably a fungivore, brachypterous. Present Study: significantly more abundant in CWD5, secondary forest, in the spring. References: Sen Gupta and Crowson 1973 (as Lapecautomus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)) ; Lawrence and Stephan 1975 (as Lapethus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)) .

Figures

Figures 7–12. Habitus images. 7) Anillinus cherokee Sokolov and Carlton (Carabidae: Trechinae). 8) Anillinus langdoni Sokolov and Carlton (Carabidae: Trechinae). 9) Polyderis laevis (Say) (Carabidae: Trechinae). 10) Trechus (Microtrechus) pisgahensis Barr (Carabidae: Trechinae). 11) Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) (Cerylonidae: Ceryloninae). 12) Holopsis sp. (Corylophidae: Corylophinae).