Microrhagus lecontei Otto, 2015

Otto, Robert L., 2022, New state records for 33 species of Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (934), pp. 1-13 : 7

Microrhagus lecontei Otto, 2015

This widespread, but rarely seen eucnemid species was previously recorded in Indiana, Kansas, Maine, and Wisconsin ( Otto 2015; Otto and Karns 2017). It is reported here for the first time from Alabama, Connecticut and New Jersey. ALABAMA: ALABAMA: Winston County/ Bankhead Nat’l For., Reserve Rd./ off Big Bear Branch Rd., BLT/ S 34.074288° W 87.285412° / Coll. J.M. Leavengood, Jr. &/ E.G. Chapman 9–14-VIII-2020 (1, JMLC); CONNECTICUT: CONNECTICUT: Fairfield/ Co., 4.4km WSW Redding/ 41.290176, −73.443001 / 15.m, 22 Jun–6 Jul 2018 / K. DiVito, LFT, BSF# 80886 (1, CMNH); CONNECTICUT: Hartford Co./ 5.5 km ESE of Southington/ 41.57406, −72.81817, 112m / 23 Jun–12 Jul 2019, K. Dugas/ J. Gross, LFT, BSF# 87170 (1, CMNH); NEW JERSEY: NEW JERSEY: Burlington/ Co., 2.4km NW Moorestown/ 39.97937, −74.98505, 34m / 26 Jul–10 Aug 2018, LFT/ D. Armstrong, BSF# 81167 (1, CMNH).