Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA Author Traylor, Clayton R. 0000-0001-7798-7198 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA Author Ulyshen, Michael D. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA 30602, USA Author Cornish, J. Winston https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3819-2936 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Author Tigreros, Gabriel Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA 39870, USA Author McHugh, Joseph V. 0000-0002-7954-6254 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA text ZooKeys 2025 2025-03-14 1232 1 95 journal article 308642 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989 60dd8158-bbe2-4632-90d3-65eebcd4e45e E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F Piesocorynus plagifer Jordan, 1904 Collection information. USA : Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 11–26 August 2020 . Distribution. Eastern North America into Central America. Saproxylic habits. Adults and larvae of Piesocorynus feed on various fungi in the order Xylariales (e. g., Hypoxylon ) ( Valentine 1998 ); adults occur on fungus growing on dead tree trunks and under loose bark ( Pierce 1930 ).