Scydmaenus spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 24

Scydmaenus spp. ( Fig. 62 )

Range: southwestern, central, and eastern United States. Habitat: forest floor litter, moss, tree holes, rotting logs, and other moist habitats. Collection method: sifting/Berlese litter, pitfalls, flight inter- cept traps, UV lights, looking under stones. Biology: adults and immatures feed on oribatid mites. Present study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter, indifferent to forest type and season.

References: Blatchley 1910; Downie and Arnett 1996 (usefulness of keys uncertain); Peck and Thomas 1998; O’Keefe 2001.

Figures

Figures 61–65. Habitus images. 61) Parascydmus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 62) Scydmaenus sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 63) Stenus sp. (Staphylinidae: Steninae). 64) Ischnosoma lecontei Campbell (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 65) Anaedus brunneus (Ziegler) (Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae).