Dryophthorus americanus Bedel, 1885

Dryophthorus americanus Bedel, 1885

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 11 individuals from nine sites. Caught in flight trap and sifted from leaf litter from 21 April – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Consumes decayed woody material and occurs under bark and in rotting wood ( Blackman and Stage 1918; Anderson 2002); conifers are listed as primary hosts (including pine and larch ( Larix Mill. ( Pinaceae )) ( Blackman and Stage 1918; Blatchley 1928; Ciegler 2010), although it has also emerged in numbers from dead hickory and other hardwoods ( Blackman and Stage 1924; Ferro et al. 2012 a); highest abundance emerged from logs in intermediate- and late-decay stages ( Blackman and Stage 1924; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010; Ferro et al. 2012 a, b).

Conservation.

Significantly higher abundance in primary (= old-growth) than secondary (= second-growth) forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains ( Ferro et al. 2012 a).