Sepedophilus occultus (Casey)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 32

Sepedophilus occultus (Casey) ( Fig. 76 )

Range: northeastern United States south to Mississippi, west to Iowa. Habitat: taken from under bark, brush pile, sifting humus. Collection Method: sifting/ Berlese , emergence. Biology : members of this genus are considered mycetophagous. Present Study : not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Campbell 1976 ; Downie and Arnett 1996.

Figures

Figures 75–79. Habitus images. 75) Sepedophilus cinctulus (Erichson) (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 76) Sepedophilus occultus (Casey) (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). 77) Hymenorus sp. (female) (Tenebrionidae). 78) Strongylium crenatum Mäklin (Tenebrionidae). 79) Aulonothroscus distans Blanchard (Throscidae).