Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson)

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 : 21

Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) ( Fig. 36 )

Range: throughout eastern North America: New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana and Illinois.

Habitat: under bark, in dead wood, forest litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, debris, and dead wood. Biology: unknown. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. References: Horn 1871 (as Glyptoma costale Erichson , figure and key to common species in North America); Blatchley 1910; Notman 1920; Irmler 1985; Downie and Arnett 1996 (figure is not T. costalis ); Peck and Thomas 1998; Ferro and Gimmel 2011.

Figures

Figures 31–36. Habitus images. 31) Leptusa gimmeli Park and Carlton (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 32) Leptusa pusio (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 33) Leptusa sp. (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 34) Myllaena sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 35) Dasycerus sp. (Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). 36) Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae).