Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say, 1825)

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.15027570

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scientific name

Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say, 1825)
status

 

Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say, 1825)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 30 June – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Occurs in decayed wood, stumps, and tree-hollows of maple, oak, hackberry, and sycamore ( Platanus L.) ( Jewett 1946); feeds on rotten wood material ( Kirk 1922).

Jewett HH (1946) Identification of some larval Elateridae found in Kentucky. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 489: 1–40.

Kirk HB (1922) Biological notes on Elateridae and Melasidae (Col.). Entomological News 33: 236–240. https://biostor.org/reference/3708