Mioptachys flavicauda (Say)

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 : 21

Mioptachys flavicauda (Say) ( Fig. 11 )

Range: northeastern Canada and United States, south to Florida and west to California. Habitat: lowlands, forested areas, under bark, in decaying logs and woodchips. Collection Method: searching under loose bark, sifting/ Berlese wood chips, carrion traps, emergence. Biology : nocturnal, associated with dead and dying hardwood trees, probably capable of flight, predatory, adults overwinter, feeds on mites and springtails. Present Study : not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Ulke 1903 (as Tachys flavicauda Say ) ; Blatchley 1910 (as T. flavicauda ); Lindroth 1961 –1969 (as T. flavicauda ); Nelson 1991; Bousquet and Larochelle 1993; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Ciegler 2000; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 9–14. Habitus images. 9) Dicerca divaricata (Say) (Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). 10) Gastrellarius honestus (Say) (Carabidae: Harpalinae). 11) Mioptachys flavicauda (Say) (Carabidae: Trechinae). 12) Eupogonius pauper LeConte (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 13) Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 14) Microgoes oculatus (LeConte) (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).