Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852)

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027627

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D3D0130-A5BC-5074-BD55-8CF0A429B1E9

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scientific name

Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852)
status

 

Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 130 individuals from 12 sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Hypermetamorphic larvae develop within firm sections of rotten branches and trunks, including sugar maple ( Otto 2017); also emerged from American beech, elm, and maple ( Dury 1904; Knull 1947).

Conservation.

Rare in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, possibly due to the history of intensive forest management in the region altering forest composition and structure ( Majka 2007).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Eucnemidae

Genus

Nematodes