Microrhagus brunneus Otto, 2013

Otto, Robert L., 2022, New state records for 33 species of Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (934), pp. 1-13 : 5

Microrhagus brunneus Otto, 2013

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This widespread, uncommon eucnemid species was previously recorded from Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin ( Otto 2013a; Quinn 2014; Otto and Karns 2017). Herein, three new states are added to the distributional range: Alabama, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. ALABAMA: ALABAMA: Blount Co./ Highland Lake/ 12–14-VI-2011 / Coll. T. King Light Trap (1, FSCA); MASSACHUSETTS: MASSACHUSETTS: Essex / Co., 3.8km WSW Haverhill/ 42.76008, −71.11768, 39m / 11–25 Jul 2019, LFT/ K. DiVito, BSF# 89006 (1, CMNH); NEW JERSEY: NEW JERSEY: Bergen Co./ 0.5km N of Wyckoff, 101m / 41.014183, −74.173081 / 12–25 Jun 2019, LFT/ R. Poage, BSF# 85371 (1, CMNH); NEW JERSEY: Warren Co./ 1.1km ESE of Alpha, 116m / 40.661867, −75.146595 / 2–17 Jul 2019, N. Aponte-/ Rivera, LFT, BSF# 86196 (1, CMNH).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Nearctic Eucnemidae, dorsal habitus 1) Melasis pectinicornis Melsheimer. 2) Isorhipis ruficornis (Say). 3) Entomophthalmus rufiolus (LeConte). 4) Rhagomicrus humeralis (Say). 5) Golbachia impressicollis (Bonvouloir). 6) Microrhagus brunneus Otto. (Scale: 1–6 = 1.0 mm.)