Additional state records for Coleoptera of South Carolina
Author
Ciegler, Janet C.
Author
Gemmill, Robert M.
text
Insecta Mundi
2018
2018-06-29
636
1
5
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3708130
508d8422-a253-47fc-a55e-26e58bc6a0ac
1942-1354
3708130
0B487FBC-5753-40C1-ACE3-A39C4252FAC5
Astylopsis fascipennis
Schiefer
Charleston Co.
,
West Ashley
,
Carolina Bay Drive
,
15 May 2012
, beaten from cut miscellaneous hardwoods,
1 specimen
, coll.
R. M. Gemmill
,
K. Carman
.
Charleston Co.
,
Meggett
,
Roxbury Park
,
8 June 2016
, beaten from
Liquidambar styraciflua
L.
(
Altingiaceae
) branches,
1 specimen
, coll.
R. M. Gemmill
,
K. Carman
.
This sixth species of
Astylopsis
(previously
Amniscus
) was described only in 2000, and little is known of its biology. Specimens have been beaten from dead
Ulmus
(Ulmaceae)
and
Liquidambar
limbs, which fits with the specimens reported here (from branches of
L. styraciflua
). Schiefer listed specimens from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia
, and
Florida
, but not from
South Carolina
. Thus, the discovery of
A. fascipennis
in
South Carolina
is not surprising and serves to verify its distribution across the southeast
U.S.