Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey)

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 : 31

Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey) ( Fig. 66 )

Range: eastern United States, Pennsylvania south to Florida, west to Iowa. Habitat: reported from log mold, tree holes, and sawdust. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese, emergence. Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in FWD2 and CWD3–4. References: Wagner 1975 ; Grigarick and Schuster; Peck and Thomas 1998; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 63–68. Habitus images. 63) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). 64) Adranes lecontei Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 65) Batrisodes sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 66) Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 67) Pycnoplectus sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 68) Sonoma sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).