Spilotus quadripustulatus (Melsheimer, 1846)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 April – 6 May 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Very little known; emerged from maple wood (DiGirolomo 2015) and associated with hardwood forests in Canada (Webster et al. 2012 c).

Conservation.

Rare in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, possibly due to the history of intensive forest management in the region altering forest composition and structure (Majka 2007).