Catopocerus 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 : 17

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5175113

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scientific name

Catopocerus spp.
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Catopocerus spp. (female) ( Fig. 19 View Figures 19–24 )

Comments. Males of Catopocerus appalachianus Peck and possibly an undescribed species were collected; however, none were represented by more than 10 specimens. Information provided below applies to the genus in general. Range: unglaciated mountain ranges in eastern and western North America. Habitat: moist forest litter, soil, well rotten logs, under rocks, in caves. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, rotten pig liver bait, carrion pitfall traps. Biology: eyeless, wingless, probably feeds on organic debris and fungi, larvae and teneral adults collected in the spring. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, indifferent to forest and season. References: Peck 1974, 2001; Downie and Arnett 1996.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Catopocerus

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