Atomaria 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 : 23

Atomaria spp. ( Fig. 23 )

Comments. The genus is in need of revision. Between 10 and 70 species are reported from North America (see Majka et al. 2010). Range: throughout North America. Habitat: rotting vegetation, dead wood, mammal dung, mammal nests. Collection Method: emergence. Biology: feed on fungal spores and hyphae, some species phytophagous. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD2. References: Blatchley 1910; Bousquet 1990; Downie and Arnett 1996 (usefulness of keys unknown); Leschen 1996; Leschen and Skelley 2002; Majka et al. 2010, 2011.

Figures

Figures 21–26. Habitus images. 21) Ceracis singularis (Dury) (Ciidae). 22) Octotemnus laevis Casey (Ciidae). 23) Atomaria sp. (Cryptophagidae). 24) Cryptophagus sp. (Cryptophagidae). 25) Caulophilus dubius (Horn) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae). 26) Stenoscelis brevis (Boheman) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae).