Pycnomerus lordi Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar, 2019

Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I., Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & Mckellar, Ryan C., 2019, A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener, Zootaxa 4550 (4), pp. 565-572 : 571

Pycnomerus lordi Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar nom. nov.

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Pycnomerus sulcicollis LeConte, 1863 , nomen praeoccupatum, non Pycnomerus sulcicollis (Germar, 1824)

Etymology. Patronymic. This species is named after Dr. Nathan P. Lord (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.) in honour of his valuable contributions to the study of Zopheridae .

Distribution. The species occurs in eastern U.S.A., from New Jersey to Florida, and extends westward to reach eastern Oklahoma ( Stephan 1989).

Biology. The beetles live under bark and in rotting, moist wood of oak, hickory, and other hardwoods; they also occur rarely on pine ( Stephan 1989).