Micromalthus debilis LeConte, 1878

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.15027728

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A15C4B3-8D30-5578-A5DC-EA40CB112A49

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Micromalthus debilis LeConte, 1878
status

 

Micromalthus debilis LeConte, 1878 View in CoL

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 14–27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, but spread to other regions ( Philips and Young 2000).

Saproxylic habits.

Develops within red-rotted hardwoods, especially oak and chestnut ( Philips and Young 2000); displays a unique and complicated life cycle with separate phases of paedogenesis and parthenogenesis (see Philips and Young (2000) for overview and Barber (1913 a, b) for original description).