Europs pallipennis, (LeConte, 1861) (Fattig 1937)

Mcelrath, Thomas C. & Mchugh, Joseph V., 2018, Undocumented beetle diversity in the Southeastern United States: a case study of the minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera: Monotomidae), Zootaxa 4472 (1), pp. 127-140 : 135

E. pallipennis (LeConte, 1861) ( Fattig 1937)

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Habitat and Biology: A widespread species in the eastern US, this species is collected in large numbers in ethanolbaited canopy traps in hardwood forests ( Bousquet 2003c; Ulyshen & Hanula 2007; unpublished data). The few host records available report specimens from flowers of Calycanthus spp., old codling moth borings, flowers of Rhododendron nudiflorum , Exobasidium galls on azalea, and Exobasidium symploci galls on Symplocos tinctoria , though none in large numbers. Various singletons were taken by beating, sweeping, and Berlese extractions. A congener, Europs fervidus , is found in flowers of atemoya in Puerto Rico ( Jenkins et al. 2015) so E. pallipennis may be associated with a canopy-blooming flowering species in the eastern United States. This species is commonly collected during the summer months, but is active from spring through late fall.

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FIGURE 5. Dorsal habitus images and occurrence map of Europs, Hesperobaenus, and Pycnotomina in Georgia and surrounding states. A) E. pallipennis, dorsal habitus. B) H. rufipes, dorsal habitus. C) P. cavicolle, dorsal habitus. D) Distribution map of above species. E. pallipennis and H. rufipes are widespread over the area shown, and are not shaded.