Nematodes atropos (Say, 1836)

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 : 14

Nematodes atropos (Say, 1836)

This widespread, somewhat common eucnemid species has been taken from Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia ( Otto, 2021). It is reported and confirmed for the first time in Iowa. One specimen was taken from a panel trap placed in a state park. One specimen was taken from a combination fluorescent and UV light at a state park. IOWA: IA, Fremont Co. / Waubonsie S.P. / June 22–July 5, 2013 / Panel trap – melange/ Doug Veal (1, DAVC) ; IA, Fremont Co. / Waubonsie S.P. / June 28, 2022 / Flour. /UV light/ Doug Veal (1, DAVC) .