Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal)

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 : 21

Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal) ( Fig. 13 )

Range: eastern North America, south to Florida and northeast Mexico, west to Arizona, Kansas, and South Dakota. Habitat: recorded from 23+ species of mostly hardwoods including maple, hickory, oak, walnut, ash, cherry, and pine. Collection Method: emergence. Biology: flight period year round, spring to summer in northern range. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in secondary forest. References: Linsley and Chemsak 1995, 1997; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Lingafelter 2007.

Figures

Figures 9–14. Habitus images. 9) Dicerca divaricata (Say) (Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). 10) Gastrellarius honestus (Say) (Carabidae: Harpalinae). 11) Mioptachys flavicauda (Say) (Carabidae: Trechinae). 12) Eupogonius pauper LeConte (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 13) Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 14) Microgoes oculatus (LeConte) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).