Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel)

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

Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel) ( Fig. 16 )

Range: throughout eastern North America. Habitat: “very old logs”, dead pine, forest litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, collecting under bark, flight intercept trap, UV light. Biology: breeds under bark of dead pines, winged. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. References: Blatchley and Leng 1916; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Anderson 2002; Ciegler 2010.

Figures

Figures 13–18. Habitus images. 13) Caulophilus dubius (Horn) (Curculionidae: Cossoninae). 14) Eurhoptus pyriformis LeConte (Curculionidae:Cryptorhynchinae). 15) Eurhoptus n. sp. (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). 16) Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel) (Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae).17) Panscopus impressus Pierce (Curculionidae: Entiminae). 18) Tohlezkus inexpectus Vit (Eucinetidae).