Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1789)
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027867 |
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Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1789) |
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Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1789) View in CoL
Collection information.
USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 480 individuals from 37 sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 27 July 2020.
Distribution.
Eastern United States.
Saproxylic habits.
Associated with subterranean termites ( Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar, 1837) ( Blattodea : Rhinotermitidae )), and larvae develop by feeding on the walls of the termite galleries ( Ritcher 1958); adults occur under bark of standing dead trees, such as mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa Nutt. ) and pine ( Howden and Vogt 1951; Steury and Paulsen 2022).
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