Hesperus apicialis (Say)

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 : 32

Hesperus apicialis (Say) ( Fig. 73 )

Range: northeastern North America, southern Quebec south to Florida, west to Kansas and Nebraska.

Habitat: found on old trees, fermenting sap under bark of oak, decaying wood of old fallen trees. Collection Method: at lights, malt trap, sifting/Berlese, emergence. Biology: poorly known. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in primary forest. References: Horn 1884 (as Philonthus apicalis (Say)) ; Blatchley 1910 (as Hesperus apicalis (Say)) ; Moore 1958; Frank 1983; Smetana 1995; Downie and Arnett 1996 (as H. apicalis ); Peck and Thomas 1998; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 69–74. Habitus images. 69) Trimioplectus obsoletus Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 70) Euconnus (Napochus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 71) Euconnus (Scopophus) n. sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 72) Euconnus (Scopophus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 73) Hesperus apicialis (Say) (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). 74) Sepedophilus brachypterus Campbell (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae).