Hymenorus spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 32

Hymenorus spp. (female) ( Fig. 77 )

Comments. There are about 100 species of this genus known from North America. The last treatment was by Fall (1931). This genus is in need of revision. Natural history notes refer to the genus as a whole. Range: widespread throughout North America. Habitat: generally associated with decaying hard and soft wood. Collection Method: flight intercept trap, emergence, at lights, Lindgren funnel. Biology: poorly known. Present Study: not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Packard 1890; Fall 1931; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Dunford and Young 2004; Majka et al. 2008, 2011; Steiner 2008.

Strongylium crenatum Mäklin ( Fig. 78 )

Range: Tennessee south to Florida, west to Texas and Ohio. Habitat: emergent from decayed ash log and moist decayed persimmon. Collection Method: tanglefoot screen, emergence. Biology: poorly known. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in secondary forest. References: Triplehorn and Spilman 1973; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998.

Figures

Figures 75–79. Habitus images. 75) Sepedophilus cinctulus (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 76) Sepedophilus occultus (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 77) Hymenorus sp. (female) (Tenebrionidae). 78) Strongylium crenatum Mäklin (Tenebrionidae). 79) Aulonothroscus distans Blanchard (Throscidae).