Center for Systematic Entomology

Distributional records of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from western North Carolina

ColeopteraEucnemidae

  • John M. Leavengood, Jr.

    United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ 9325 Bay Plaza Blvd, Suite 206, Tampa, FL 33619, USA

    ORCID 0000-0003-3223-455X

  • Robert L. Otto

    W4806 Chrissie Circle, Shawano, WI 54166, USA

    ORCID 0000-0002-5679-4044

  • Mary Kait Brown

    Kanuga Conference Center 130 Kanuga Chapel Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28739, USA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1111.dvl3h
ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6D65C7C-20E2-46C3-9DA0-A720571A55A4
Keywords
Elateroidea, new records, insect survey, distribution, Kanuga

Abstract

Two new state records (North Carolina) and eight total species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) are reported from a survey site in western North Carolina. Updated distributions are provided for each species.

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