Pycnomerus lordi Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar, 2019

Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I., Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & Mckellar, Ryan C., 2019, A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener, Zootaxa 4550 (4), pp. 565-572 : 571

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5921820
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/65832C7D-3950-4C93-8041-1FC9D42452D3
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:65832C7D-3950-4C93-8041-1FC9D42452D3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pycnomerus lordi Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar
status	nom. nov.

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Pycnomerus lordi Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar nom. nov.

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Pycnomerus sulcicollis LeConte, 1863 , nomen praeoccupatum, non Pycnomerus sulcicollis (Germar, 1824)

Etymology. Patronymic. This species is named after Dr. Nathan P. Lord (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.) in honour of his valuable contributions to the study of Zopheridae .

Distribution. The species occurs in eastern U.S.A., from New Jersey to Florida, and extends westward to reach eastern Oklahoma ( Stephan 1989).

Biology. The beetles live under bark and in rotting, moist wood of oak, hickory, and other hardwoods; they also occur rarely on pine ( Stephan 1989).