Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer, 1846)

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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027873
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scientific name	Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer, 1846)
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Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: 63 individuals from 28 sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 14 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, transcontinental in the north.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from dead hardwood trees, such as elm ( Hoffmann 1942) and oak dead for 2–3 years ( McClarin 2008 a); also emerged in numbers from black knot fungus ( Apiosporina morbosa (Schwein.) Arx ( Venturiaceae )) growing on cherry trees ( Melvin et al. 1967).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2024).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scraptiidae
Genus	Canifa

Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer, 1846)

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