Pteryx spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 28

Pteryx spp. ( Fig. 49 )

Range: throughout North America. Habitat: forest floor debris, tree holes, logs, sphagnum bogs. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese organic material, emergence chamber. Biology: probably general detritivore. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly higher abundance in CWD5, indifferent to forest type or season. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD2, CWD2, and primary forest. References: Blatchley 1910; Dybas 1990; Downie and Arnett 1996; Hall 2001; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 45–50. Habitus images. 45) Dircaea liturata (LeConte) (Melandryidae). 46) Hypulus simulator Newman (Melandryidae). 47) Ptiliidae gen. sp. (Ptiliidae). 48) Acrotrichis sp. (Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae). 49) Pteryx sp. (Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae). 50) Oligomerus obtusus LeConte (Ptinidae: Anobiinae).