Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856

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.15027791

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/458D3003-9718-5543-8BCB-B40574808E15

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scientific name

Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856
status

 

Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 9 April 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur in or on fleshy and gilled polypore fungi on standing dead trees and logs ( Ciegler 2014), including Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P. Karst ( Meruliaceae ) ( Webster et al. 2012 c).