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A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

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J.Howard Frank at University of Florida
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Stewart B Peck at Canadian Museum of History
Stewart B Peck
M. C. Thomas
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... Despite the comprehensive value of catalogs, monographs and generic revisions, such works are few and far between with respect to the wealth of specimens collected, curated and deposited in collections where they await discovery by inquisitive taxonomists. The beetle fauna of the United States has been thoroughly catalogued (Blackwelder 1939, Arnett 1983) and our regional knowledge of these taxa has been enriched by such works as Downie and Arnett (1994;northeastern United States) and Peck and Thomas (1998;Florida). ...
... Distribution.-If we follow Majka and Pollock (2010), then Phloiotrya fusca (as P. vaudoueri in error) was previously known from California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island;and Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec (Arnett 1983, Blackwelder 1939, Downie and Arnett 1994, Peck and Thomas 1998, Majka and Pollock 2010, Pollock 2015. In the Atlantic Maritime region of Canada this species is associated with coniferous forests (balsam fir, white pine, red spruce), but with no known hosts (Majka and Pollock 2010). ...
Twenty-Nine New State Records for Beetles (Coleoptera) in the United States
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  • P ENTOMOL SOC WASH
New state records are presented to expand the known distribution of 10 species of Coleoptera in the United States: Priocera castaea (Newman, 1838) (Cleroidea: Cleridae), Rhadalus testaceus LeConte, 1852 (Cleroidea: Rhadalidae), Sosylus extensus (Casey, 1897) (Coccinelloidea: Bothrideridae), Nosodendron unicolor (Say, 1824) (Nosodendroidea: Nosodendridae), Bitoma crenata (Fabricius, 1775) (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae), Namunaria guttulata (LeConte, 1863) (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae), Emmesa connectens (Newman, 1838) (Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), Phloiotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878) (Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), Hoperius planatus Fall, 1927 (Adephaga: Dytiscidae) and Haliplus havaniensis Wehncke, 1880 (Adephaga: Haliplidae) by a total of 29 states; additionally, the confounding status of Phloiotrya fusca is reviewed. Updated distributions are provided for each species treated.
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... States west to Nebraska, Kansas and Texas (Peck and Thomas 1998;Ratcliffe and Paulsen 2008). In Maryland, this species was historically reported in the District of Columbia. ...
... Anomala innuba occurs in most of the eastern United States to New Mexico (Potts 1977a), south to Mexico (Peck and Thomas 1998). In Maryland, it occurs in several counties across the state (Fig. 367). ...
The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Maryland (Coleoptera)
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This research recognizes 267 species of scarabaeoid beetles occurring in Maryland. We provide a brief overview of the geology, climate, and vegetation of the state. Keys to the families within Scarabaeoidea occurring in Maryland are provided. We also offer an introduction for each family, keys to all taxa, species descriptions, distributions, and distribution maps for all species, months that adults are observed, notes on their natural history, illustrations, and a glossary of terms. Maryland’s species are found in eight families: Lucanidae (7), Passalidae (1), Geotrupidae (17), Trogidae (18), Ochodaeidae (1), Hybosoridae (2), Glaphyridae (1), and Scarabaeidae (220). Published as Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Volume 33, Issue Date: 1 March 2023 340 pages, 7"x10", color illustrations; file size 70 MB
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... Other authors (Horn 1889;Schaeffer 1932) have discussed Hamletia dimidiaticornis Crotch, now known to be a junior synonym of P. paradoxus Clark since 1969(Mignot 1969. Pachyonychis paradoxus Clark or H. dimidiaticornis Crotch have often been referred to in species lists (Brimley 1938;Fattig 1948;Arnett 1985;Peck & Thomas 1998;Clark 2000;Hall & Barney 2010). ...
A paradox indeed: description of genitalia and clarification of the subtribal classification of Pachyonychis paradoxus Clark and Pachyonychus paradoxus Melsheimer (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)
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  • Jan 2023
Pachyonychis paradoxus Clark, 1860 and Pachyonychus paradoxus Melsheimer, 1847 are two species of Alticini whose strikingly similar names have led to significant confusion in the past. Recent study of American Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 raised doubts about the validity of the subtribal placement of Pachyonychis Clark. Although general characteristics put this genus in Oedionychina, other features, especially the unusual shape of the pronotum, suggested that this monotypic genus would belong in Monoplatina Chapuis, 1875 instead. To collect evidence for the validity of its current placement, we compared external and genitalic morphology of both species to other members of Monoplatina and Oedionychina. Here we present images and descriptions of female genitalia for both species and male genitalia of Pachyonychus paradoxus Melsheimer, to our knowledge the first of their kind, and we conclude that the evidence supports the current subtribal placement of these two genera. Lectotypes are designated for both Pachyonychis paradoxus Clark and Pachyonychus paradoxus Melsheimer.
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... They were feeding on the abaxial surfaces of leaves, producing a pattern of small dots and short curved lines that mostly left the upper epidermis intact (i.e., "window feeding"). They may have emerged from the seedheads, given that Peck and Thomas (2021) ...
Nantucket's Neglected Herbivores I: Coleoptera
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Records of Coleoptera and their hymenopteran parasitoids are reported from a ten-year study of herbivorous insects of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, with a focus on searching for galls, leaf mines, and other characteristic feeding evidence on host plants. Our field observations and reared specimens are compared with Johnson's (1930) list of the insect fauna of Nantucket. We add 25 beetle species to Johnson's list, one of which (Buprestidae: Brachys howdeni Hespenheide) was described using one of our specimens as a paratype. Several new host records are reported, and we provide the first accounts of the larval habits of Erynephala maritima (LeConte) and Oulema palustris (Blatchley) (Chrysomelidae).
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The Eupsenius LeConte of North America and the Lesser Antilles with Notes on the Brachyglutini Subtribes Eupseniina Park and Baradina Park (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
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  • Sep 2023
The North American members of the New World genus Eupsenius LeConte are revised, with two new species described from the United States, Eupsenius peckorum Chandler, new species and Eupsenius rileyi Chandler, new species, and with Eupsenius dilatatus Motschulsky and Eupsenius glaber LeConte being redescribed along with Eupsenius politus Reitter from the Lesser Antilles. The subtribes Eupseniina and Baradina are characterized, and the Neotropical genus Eupsenina Raffray is transferred from the Eupseniina to the Baradina.
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New records of Nitidulidae (Nitidulidae, Coleoptera) species in Canada, Ontario, and Manitoba
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Nitidulidae trapping performed from 2018 to 2021 to characterize flight behaviors of potential vectors of the oak wilt pathogen yielded three new species records for Canada, six new species records for Ontario, and three new species records for Manitoba. The new records for Canada include Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) corticinus reported from Ontario, C. (Myothorax) nepos reported from Ontario and Manitoba, and Glischrochilus (Librodor) obtusus reported from Ontario. In addition, the following species are first recorded in Ontario: Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) antiquus, C. (Megacarpolus) sayi, Stelidota coenosa ; and also in Manitoba: Carpophilus (Megacarpolus) lugubris and Cychramus adustus . Collection data is provided for the two provinces and national records.
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Bostrichidae of Thailand
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Bostrichidae of Thailand was provided in Thai-languages. This book composts of 8 chapters; wood boring insects in chapter 1, biology and life-cycle of powderpost beetles in chapter 2, ecology and populations in chapter 3, morphological characters used for bostrichids identifications in chapter 4-5 and taxonomic and identification of bostrichid powerpost beetles found in Thailand in chapters 6-8.
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Reevaluation of the Subgeneric Classification of the North American Species of Prionus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Prionini), with a Revision of the Subgenus Neopolyarthron Semenov and Notes on Prionus (Antennalia) Fissicornis Haldeman and Prionus (Prionus) Californicus Motschulsk
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The classification of North American species of Prionus (Prionus) Geoffroy, sensu lato, is reevaluated based on male antennal morphology, with three subgenera being recognized: P. (Prionus), consisting of P. aztecus Casey, P. californicus Motschulsky, P. evoluticornis Komiya & Nogueira, P. flohri Bates, P. heroicus Semenov, P. howdeni Chemsak, P. laticollis (Drury), P. lecontei Lameere, P. mexicanus Bates, P. pocularis Dalman, and P. poultoni Lameere; P. (Antennalia) Casey, revived status, consisting of P. fissicornis Haldeman; and P. (Neopolyarthron) Semenov, revived status. The species of P. (Neopolyarthron) are revised and consist of P. imbricornis (Linnaeus), P. debilis Casey, revived status, and P. cuneatus Casey, revived status, with the latter two species being removed from synonymy with P. imbricornis. Prionus robustus Casey, new synonymy, is transferred from synonymy with P. imbricornis to synonymy with P. cuneatus. Prionus fissicornis parviceps Casey, revised synonymy, is removed from synonymy with P. imbricornis and returned to synonymy with P. fissicornis. A lectotype is designated for Cerambyx imbricornis Linnaeus. Keys to North American subgenera of Prionus and to species of P. (Neopolyarthron) are provided. The species of P. (Neopolyarthron) are redescribed, diagnosed, and illustrated, with the female of P. debilis being illustrated for the first time. A county-level distribution map is provided for each species of P. (Neopolyarthron) along with a detailed discussion of distribution, host records, habitat, and conservation status. Prionus imbricornis is associated with forested habitats, P. debilis is associated with tallgrass prairies, and P. cuneatus is associated with prairies and other grasslands. Prionus fissicornis is diagnosed from species of P. (Neopolyarthron), and the type specimens of P. (Antennalia) fissicornis parviceps Casey, P. (Antennalia) fissicornis transversus Casey, and P. (Antennalia) thoracicus Casey are reviewed and illustrated. The date of publication for P. fissicornis is corrected from 1846 to 1847. The following new state records are provided: for P. imbricornis: Delaware and New Jersey; for P. debilis: Minnesota; and for P. cuneatus: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The following previously published country, state, and provincial records are considered to be in error and are removed from the distribution of the relevant species: for P. imbricornis: Canada (Ontario), Croatia, Dominican Republic, Germany, Haiti, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; for P. debilis: Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas; for P. fissicornis: Ontario, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina; and for P. californicus: Arkansas and Georgia.
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