Jumping bristletail (Insecta: Apterygota: Microcoryphia) records in the southeastern United States
Author
De Jong, Grant D.
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Insecta Mundi
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10.5281/zenodo.3703027
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3703027
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Pedetontoides atlanticus
Mendes, 1981
The distinctive males of this monospecific genus are easily recognized and separated from other southeastern
United States
machilid males due to the presence of parameres on both the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. Among the Nearctic
Microcoryphia
, this character is otherwise present only in the genus
Meximachilis
Wygodzinsky
, represented in the
United States
by
M. cokendolpheri
Kaplin
from
New Mexico
. In both males and females of
P. atlanticus
, the posterior angle of the fourth urosternite is acutely pointed, although it can approach a right angle, which is characteristic of
Pedetontus
species. Previously, this species was known only from the
type
series of
12 adults
and
5 juveniles
from Durham,
North Carolina
(
Mendes 1981a
). These records add
Alabama
,
Arkansas
,
Georgia
, and Mississippi as
new state records
to the known distribution of this species.
ALABAMA:
Cherokee County
:
1♂
+
1♀
,
Little River Wildlife Management Area
,
1300–1380′
, T7S R10E §15SW-16SE,
Crest Road
,
22 May 1990
,
D. Hidebrandt & T. Schiefer
;
DeKalb County
:
2♂
,
DeSoto State Park
,
1600–1700′
,
T6
S
R10
E §19W,
Trail
O,
18 May 1990
,
R
. Brown
&
D. Pollock
;
3♂
,
DeSoto State Park
,
1400–1500′
,
T6
S
R10
E §29NW,
pitfall trap
in deciduous woods,
18–24 May 1990
,
D. Hildebrant
&
T
. Schiefer
;
3♀
,
DeSoto State Park
,
1600–1700′
,
T6
S
R10
E §19W,
carrion-baited pitfalls
,
19-24 May 1990
,
J. Hildebrandt
&
J. MacGown
;
1♂
+
2♀
,
DeSoto State Park
,
1600–1700′
,
T6
S
R10
E §19W,
pitfalls
,
19–24 May 1990
,
J. Hildebrandt
&
T
. Schiefer
;
1♀
,
DeSoto State Park
,
1360–1460′
,
T6
S
R10
E §19SE– 20SW,
19 May 1990
,
Azalea Trail
,
R
. Brown
&
D. Pollock
;
Jackson County
:
1♂
,
Bingham Mountain
,
Davis Cove
,
1,300′
,
14 May 2004
,
P. K. Lago
;
Monroe County
:
1♂
,
Haines Island
Park, black light,
N31°43′23″
W87°28′10″
,
26 May 1995
,
R
. L. Brown
;
ARKANSAS
:
Logan County
:
1♂
,
Cove Lake
,
1020′
,
T7
N
R25
W §35SE,
blacklight trap
,
14–20 May 1989
,
R. L., and B. B. Brown
;
1♂
,
Magazine Mt
,
2500′
, T6N R25W §23NW,
15–16 May 1989
,
R, L. Brown
&
J. MacGown
;
1♂
,
Magazine Mt.
,
16 May 1989
,
P. R. Miller
;
2♂
,
Magazine Mt.
,
1350′
,
T6
N
R25
W §
16, 17 May
1989
,
J. MacGown
&
Q. Fang
;
1♂
,
Cove Lake Campground
,
pitfall
,
18 May 1989
,
P. & G. Miller
;
GEORGIA
:
Bartow County
:
1♂
+
3♀
,
Red Top Mountain State Park
,
pit trap
– human dung,
3 May 1992
,
M. S. Caterino
;
MISSISSIPPI
:
Adams County
:
1♂
,
Natchez State Park
,
23 March 1985
,
R
.
L Brown
&
S. Cho
;
Franklin County
:
2♂
+
1♀
+
2 Juveniles
,
Trib. of McGehee Cr.
, T6N R4E §26SW,
27 July 1992
, on trunk of tree,
T. L. Schiefer
;
Grenada
County
:
2♂
+
2♀
, T21N R2E §12–13N & R3E §7S–18N,
7–14 August 1991
,
pitfall traps
in woods,
M. W. MacGown
;
Hancock County
:
3♂
+
5♀
,
Point Clear Island
,
24 June 1987
,
S. Testa
;
Jones County
:
1♂
,
Laurel
, under rotten log,
4 September 1981
,
T. Ishee
;
Lafayette County
:
1♀
,
9 mi.
NE Oxford
,
19 October 1982
,
R. Upchurch
;
1♀
,
8 mi.
NE Oxford
,
10 October 1993
,
R. Weens
;
Oktibbeha County
:
1♂
,
Starkville
,
2 September 1981
,
white pan trap
on ground,
W. L. Cross
;
1♀
,
6 mi.
SW Starkville
,
3 September 1984
,
R. L. Brown
;
4♂
+
2♀
,
Dorman Lake
,
pitfall trap
,
11-15 August 1989
,
T. Schiefer
;
Pontotoc County
:
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
2 July 1980
,
pitfall in woods
,
W. H. Cross
, 4784-4
;
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
27 August 1980
,
pitfall
in woods,
W. H. Cross
, 4759-6
;
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
28 August 1980
,
pitfall
peripheral to cotton field,
W. H. Cross
, 4760-1
;
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
28 August 1980
,
pitfall
in swamp,
W. H. Cross
, 4760-1
;
3♂
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
28 August 1980
,
pitfall
in swamp,
W. H. Cross
, 4760-4
;
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
12 September 1980
,
pitfall
in swamp,
W. H. Cross
, 4762-3
;
1♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
26 September 1980
,
pitfall
in woods,
W. H. Cross
, 4764-2
;
3♀
,
1 mi.
SE Ecru
,
26 September 1980
,
pitfall
in woods,
W. H. Cross
, 4764-3
;
Tishomingo County
:
1♂
,
Tishomingo State Park
, boulder formation near water,
17 June 1986
,
S. Testa
.