Dysmerus basalis Casey, 1884

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.15027664

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/829D5B4E-6385-5FF8-A521-497244561933

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Dysmerus basalis Casey, 1884
status

 

Dysmerus basalis Casey, 1884

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: 11 individuals from eight sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern and central United States, and Caribbean islands.

Saproxylic habits.

Occur under bark and in bark beetle galleries, and emerged from bark beetle infested twigs, including sweetgum, poison ivy, and poisonwood ( Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug and Urb. ( Anacardiaceae )) ( Thomas 2009).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Laemophloeidae

Genus

Dysmerus