Pteryx spp.

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 : 19

Pteryx spp. ( Fig. 25 )

Range: throughout North America. Habitat : forest floor debris, tree holes, logs, sphagnum bogs. Collection Method : sifting/ Berlese organic material. Biology: probably general detritivore. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD5, indifferent to forest type or season. References: Blatchley 1910 ; Dybas 1990; Downie and Arnett 1996; Hall 2001.

Figures

Figures 25–30. Habitus images. 25) Pteryx sp. (Ptiliidae:Ptiliinae). 26) Clinidium valentinei Bell (Rhysodidae).27) Dialytellus tragicus (Schmidt) (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae).28) Aleocharinae gen. sp. (Staphylinidae), representative of the specimens that could not be identified to genus. 29) Aleodorus bilobatus (Say) (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 30) Athetini gen. sp. (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) representative of the specimens that could not be identified to genus.