Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866

Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, Insecta Mundi 2024 (37), pp. 1-16 : 9

Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866

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In Canada, this apparently rare eucnemid species was previously taken from New Brunswick, Ontario, and Québec. In the United States, S. pectorosus was previously known from Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin ( Otto & Karns 2017). New state records are now confirmed in Connecticut and Georgia. Two specimens were taken from a cross-vane panel trap baited with Trichoferus campestris Falderman ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ) lure in Connecticut. One specimen was taken from a UV light trap in Georgia. CONNECTICUT: CONNECTICUT: Hartford/ Co., 3.8 km ENE of Windsor/ 41.86611, −72.6012, 27m / 23 Jun–14 Jul 2020 // Cross-vane panel trap/ with Trichoferus / campestris Lure / S. Carson (2, CMNH); GEORGIA: GEORGIA: Whitfield Co./ Rocky Face Ridgeline/ 5.2 km SW of Dalton/ Dug Gap Mountain Rd./ 34.741389, −85.015000 // 30 June–1 July 2021 / 429m, UV light trap/ James K. Adams (1, CMNH).

Figures

Figures 7–12. Nearctic Eucnemidae, dorsal habitus. 7) Dirrhagofarsus modestus. 8) Dirrhagofarsus unicolor. 9) Stethon pectorosus. 10) Onichodon orchesides. 11) Fornax bicolor. 12) Fornax floridana. (Scale: 7–12 = 1.0 mm.)