Dirrhagofarsus modestus (Fleutiaux, 1923)

Otto, Robert L., 2024, New records for 23 species of Nearctic false click beetles including new country records for Protofarsus convexus (Fisher) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dirhagini), Insecta Mundi 2024 (95), pp. 1-11 : 3

Dirrhagofarsus modestus (Fleutiaux, 1923)

This widespread, commonly encountered eucnemid species was reported from Japan, South Korea, and Russia. In the United States, D. modestus has been taken from Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Maine Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin ( Otto 2022a, 2024b). A new state record is confirmed for Kentucky. One specimen was taken from a Lindgren funnel trap placed in a burned forested area after a prescribed burn took place. KENTUCKY: Madison County: USA: Berea, KY/ 37.55903N, 84.23819W / 08-Jun-21; Burned forest/ Trap: Lindgren Funnel #B01 // Hylis terminalis/ Det. Kane Lawhorn/ Eucnemidae // Dirrhagofarsus / modestus / (Fleutiaux)/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (1, WIRC).