Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 22

Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) ( Fig. 19 )

Range: North Carolina, Tennessee. Habitat: forests, under and in rotten logs, rarely leaf litter. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, rotten wood, emergence chamber. Biology: larvae and adults possess piercing mouthparts, probably a fungivore, brachypterous. Ferro et al. (2012a): significantly more abundant in CWD5, secondary forest, and spring. Present Study: significantly higher abun- dance in CWD3–4 and secondary forest. References: Sen Gupta and Crowson 1973 (as Lapecautomus striatus Sen Gupta and Crowson ); Lawrence and Stephan 1975 (as Lapethus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson)) ; Lawrence 1982a.

Figures

Figures 15–20. Habitus images. 15) Urographis fasciatus (Degeer) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 16) Analeptura lineola Say (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae). 17) Trachysida mutabilis (Newman) (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae). 18) Cerylon castaneum Say (Cerylonidae). 19) Mychocerus striatus (Sen Gupta and Crowson) (Cerylonidae). 20) Philothermus glabriculus (LeConte) (Cerylonidae).