Stelidota octomaculata (Say)

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 : 18

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scientific name	Stelidota octomaculata (Say)
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Stelidota octomaculata (Say) ( Fig. 23 View Figures 19–24 )

Range: eastern North America, west to Ontario and Arizona. Habitat: sap in spring, fungi, rotten fruit, acorns and seeds of numerous tree species (see Galford et al. 1991). Collection Method: hand collection, under bark, sifting/Berlese forest litter, pitfall traps. Biology: feeds on acorns in winter, overwinters as an adult, begins breeding March to May, Galford et al. (1991) reared this species from seeds of 40 plant species. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter and secondary forest, indifferent to season. References: Blatchley 1910; Parsons 1943; Peng et al. 1990 (key to im- matures); Galford et al. 1991 (life history); Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998.

References

Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Coleoptera or beetles known to occur in Indiana. The Nature Publishing Company; Indianapolis, Indiana. 1386 p.

Downie, N. M. and R. H. Arnett, Jr. 1996. The beetles of northeastern North America, 2 vols. The Sandhill Crane Press; Gainesville, FL. 1721 p.

Galford, J. R., R. N. Williams, and A. Daugherty. 1991. Life history and notes on the biology of Stelidota octomaculata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). USDA Forest Service Research Paper NE- 644: 1 - 7.

Parsons, C. T. 1943. A revision of the Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 121 - 278.

Peck, S. B. and M. C. Thomas. 1998. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 16: viii + 180.

Peng, C. R., R. N. Williams, and J. R. Galford. 1990. Descriptions and key for identification of larvae of S telidota Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) found in America North of Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 63: 626 - 633.

Figures

Figures 19–24. Habitus images. 19) Catopocerus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Catopocerinae). 20) Ptomaphagus appalachianus (Peck) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 21) Ptomaphagus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 22) Agathidium sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Leiodinae). 23) Stelidota octomaculata (Say) (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae). 24) Acrotrichis sp. (Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae).