Euryptychus ulkei (Horn, 1886)

Otto, Robert L. & Karns, Ken D., 2017, New state records for Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (582), pp. 1-21 : 12

Euryptychus ulkei (Horn, 1886)

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This rarely seen species has been recorded Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia ( Muona 2000; Hoffman et al 2009) and now for the first time in Florida, Rhode Island and Texas. Specimens were taken from a Lindgren funnel trap and at lights. FLORIDA: Taylor County: ~ 5 miles SW U.S. 19 & 205 St., 9 July 2016, at lights, Kyle E. Schnepp (KESC); RHODE ISLAND: Providence County: 1.2 km W Central Falls, 12–27 July 2016, K. Miller (CMNH); TEXAS: Hays County: 6 mi. NW Dripping Springs, 3–30 June 2006, E.G. Riley et al., Juniperus managed land (TAMU).

Figures

Figures 7–12. Nearctic Eucnemidae, dorsal habitus. 7) Dirrhagofarsus ernae. 8) Eucnemis americana. 9) Euryptychus heterocerus. 10) Euryptychus ulkei. 11) Diphytaxis excavata. 12) Onichodon wappesi. (Scale: 7–12 = 1.0 mm.)