Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel)

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 : 24

Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel) ( Fig. 29 )

Range: throughout eastern North America. Habitat: “very old logs”, dead pine, forest litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, collecting under bark, flight intercept trap, UV light, emergence chamber. Biology: breeds under bark of dead pines, winged. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly higher abundance in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD1, CWD2, and primary forest. References: Blatchley and Leng 1916; Anderson 2002; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Ciegler 2010; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 27–32. Habitus images. 27) Apteromechus ferratus (Say) (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). 28) Cophes fallax (LeConte) (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). 29) Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel) (Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae). 30) Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). 31) Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). 32) Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae).