Aphorista vittata (Fabricius, 1853)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2016, Annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of Connecticut, USA (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 279-289 : 284

Aphorista vittata (Fabricius, 1853) (Figs. 7 & 8)

Length 5.5-6.5 mm, oblong, elongate, orange or brownish red. Antennae dark with last antennomere paler. Pronotum with the sides margined with or without a black spot on each side. Elytra with a tapering stripe down of the suture and a long black spot on each side. Adults are associated with the wood rotting fungus of the Boletaceae family,

Coniophora arida (Fries, 1828) Karst, 1868 . They are attracted to light. Common along the coast of

New England to Florida.

Material studied: Fairfield Co.: Cornwall, 5 July 1919, M.P. Zappe, 1 ex. ( CAES) ; Long Hill , 6 June 1947, Doug Comboni, 2 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Stafford Twp. , 15 October 1971, no collector name, 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Danbury , Tarrywide Pk., 8 June 2001, R.N. Ferreira, 1 ex. ( RNFC) . Hartford Co.: Reservoirs , 20 March 1902, Rev. Celestin Crozet, 4 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Reservoirs , 24 March 1902, Rev. Celestin Crozet, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) . Litchfield Co.: Cornwall, 5 July 1919, M.P. Zappe, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Cornwall, 5 July 1919, M.P. Zappe, 2 ex. ( CAES) ; Cornwall, 5

Figs. 7-8.- Aphorista vittata (Fabricius, 1853) . 7.

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July 1919, K.F. Chamberlain, 1 ex. ( CAES); Habitus (Photo by Tom Murray). 8.- Distributional map .

Woodridge, 11 August 1946, Dorothy Brown , 3 ex. ( YPM-ENT) . Middlesex Co.: Middletown , 16 April 1962, J. Tardif , 2 ex. ( UCMS) . New Haven Co.: New Haven , 4 May 1937, M.B. Bishop , 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; New Haven, 1 August 1943, C.E. Pickford , 1 ex. (to light) ( YPM-ENT) ; Waterbury , 167 Crest Street , 6 April 1975, R. Yerzak , 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Wilcott , 10 October 2000, Matt Sanford , 1 ex. ( CAES) . New London Co.: Pawcatuck , 15 June 1991, R.N. Ferreira , 2 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 18 August 1991, R.N. Ferreira , 6 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 8 July 1992, R.N. Ferreira , 2 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 26 August 1992, 2 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 20 November 1993, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Mystic , 5 September 1994, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 2 July 1999, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 20 August 2003, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 30 July 2007, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 25 August 2011, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 29 August 2011, R.N. Ferreira , 3 ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck , 30 August 2011, R.N. Ferreira , 1 ex. ( RNFC) . Tolland Co.: Storrs , 23 February 1949, R.B. Smith , 4 ex. ( UCMS) ; Storrs , 20 April 1956, M.H. Sweet , 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Mansfield , 27 March 1962, G. Smith , 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Mansfield , 3 April 1962, B. Barks , 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Mansfield Twp. , near Chapins Pond , 25 September 1971, no collector name, 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Somers , Soapstone Mountain , 25 September 1971, no collector name, 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Mansfield , 20 April 1976, no collector name, 1 ex. ( UCMS) . Windham Co.: Eastford , Natchaug State Forest , 1 October 1944, C.E. Pickford , 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) .