Phyllobaenus knausii (Wickham, 1905)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 54-55

Phyllobaenus knausii (Wickham, 1905) ; Cleridae : Clerinae : Hydnocerini

Illustrations: Plate 4-B. Phyllobaenus key, couplet 1-A

Distribution: IN to SD to CO to TX.

- Recorded from: AR, CO, IA, IN, KS, MO, NE, OK, SD, and TX ( Wolcott 1947; Foster and Barr 1972; Barr 1975).

- New State Records: ARKANSAS: St. Francis County: 22-VI-1937 ( NMNH, 3) ; Washington County : 3-VI-1969, W. D. Wylie, ( NMNH, 1) . COLORADO: Klowa County: NeeNushe Reserv., 10-VI-1997, D. Leatherman ( FSCA, 1); Las Animas County : Las Animas, 6-VIII-1925, C. J. Drake ( NMNH, 4); Sedgewick County : Julesburg, 20- IX- 1990, R . S. Beal ( FSCA, 1) . INDIANA: Yates County: 15-VI-1967, R . Dolphin ( NMNH,

1). IOWA: Manoma County: 1-VII-1932, 7-VII, Russell ( FMNH, 2) . MISSOURI: Boone County: Columbia, 4-VII-1939, T. E. Birkett ( UMRM, 1); Buch County : Missouri River Bank, in sweepnet, 22-V-30-VIII-1957, D. J. B. McReynolds ( UMRM, 5); Lewis County: Wakonda State Park , 21-V-1968, R. E. Munson ( UMRM, 2); McBaine County : 2-VI-1954, G. W. Thomas ( UMRM, 1); St. Charles County : Weldon Spr., Malaise trap, 26- VIII-1968 ( UMRM, 1) . SOUTH DAKOTA: Buffalo County: Crow Creek, nr. Ft. Thompson , 20-24-VII-1974, J. M. Cicero ( FSCA, 1); Union County : Elk Point, 24-VI-1926, G. I. Gilbertson ( FMNH, 1) .

Natural History: Very little is published about the life history of this species. Mawdsley (2002) reported it on flowers of western soapberry ( Sapindus drummondii ) in Kansas from label data. It has also been reared from galls

( Sabrosky 1934). Label data above indicate collections by sweeping and Malaise traps.