Acalles clavatus (Say, 1831)

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027446
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scientific name	Acalles clavatus (Say, 1831)
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Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: 28 individuals from 14 sites. Sifted from leaf litter from 29 June – 31 August 2020.

Distribution.

Southeastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from twigs of hardwood trees ( Ferro and Nguyen 2016), including southern red oak ( Ferro et al. 2009).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with, and occurrence probability increases in, old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a, 2024).

Traylor CR, Ulyshen MD, McHugh JV (2023 a) Forest age drives saproxylic beetle biodiversity in the southeastern United States. Biological Conservation 285: 110238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110238

Ferro ML, Gimmel ML, Harms KE, Carlton CE (2009) The beetle community of small oak twigs in Louisiana, with a literature review of Coleoptera from fine woody debris. The Coleopterists Bulletin 63: 239–263. https://doi.org/10.1649/1141.1

Ferro ML, Nguyen NH (2016) Survey of twig-inhabiting Coleoptera in Louisiana, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 551–558. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-70.3.551

Traylor CR, Ulyshen MD, McHugh JV, Burner RC (2024) Forest age is a primary trait filter for saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 553: 121545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121545