Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 1862)

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027639
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scientific name	Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 1862)
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Treatment

Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 1862) View in CoL

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 14–27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from sweetgum ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a) and loblolly pine dead for five years ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2010); species of Aeletes Horn, 1873 are often found in association with rotting tree trunks and occasionally leaf litter ( Kovarik and Caterino 2005).

References

Ulyshen MD, Hanula JL (2009 a) Habitat associations of saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States: A comparison of forest types, tree species and wood postures. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 653–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.047

Kovarik PW, Caterino MS (2005) Histeridae. In: Beutel RG, Leschen RAB (Eds) Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 190–222.

Ulyshen MD, Hanula JL (2010) Patterns of saproxylic beetle succession in loblolly pine. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 12: 187–194. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00467.x