Trimiomelba dubia (LeConte)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 24

Trimiomelba dubia (LeConte) ( Fig. 56 )

Range: eastern United States west to Texas. Habitat: leaf litter, rotten logs. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter and rotten wood, at UV light. Biology: unknown, members of this subfamily are predacious. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, secondary forest, and spring.

References: Blatchley 1910; Chandler 1990b, 1999; Downie and Arnett 1996 (as T. laevis Casey , and T. convexula (LeConte)) ; Newton et al. 2001.

Figures

Figures 55–60. Habitus images. 55) Sonoma sp. (female) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 56) Trimiomelba dubia (LeConte) (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 57) Baeocera pallida Casey (Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae). 58) Euconnus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 59) Euconnus (Napochus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 60) Euconnus (Scopophus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).