Ampedus fuscatus (Melsheimer, 1845)

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.15027530

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8EC459B3-4048-50DA-B6C5-5DA791BB2C39

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scientific name

Ampedus fuscatus (Melsheimer, 1845)
status

 

Ampedus fuscatus (Melsheimer, 1845)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: six individuals from six sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur in rotting wood and under bark, including hickory, cypress ( Cupressus L. ( Cupressaceae )), American sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis L. ( Platanaceae )), pine, and blackjack oak ( Quercus marilandica (Münchh. )) ( Ramberg 1979; Mathison 2021).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with young forests (regrown since 1938 and pine dominated) in highly forested landscapes (> 50 % forest) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Genus

Ampedus