Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say, 1823)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 53-54

Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say, 1823) ; Cleridae : Clerinae : Hydnocerini

Illustrations: Plate 4-A. Phyllobaenus key, couplets 1-C, couplet 3-A, couplet 10-B, couplet 11-B, couplet 12-B Distribution: FL to NB to SK to OR to TX and into Mexico. - Recorded from AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT,

NE, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, Alberta, British

Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan,

and Mexico ( Majka 2006; Leavengood 2014; BugGuide).

- New State Records: ALABAMA: Blount County : Highland Lake , BLT, 15-VII-2-VIII-2011, T . King ( FSCA, 1); Coosa County: 6.2 miles south of Sylacauga , 28-V-1989, R . Turnbow ( RHTC, 2); Dale County: Fort Tucker Mil. Res. , 15-IV-1984, 30-IV-1983, R . Turnbow ( RHTC, 3); Fort Bucker Mil. Res , 12-V-1989, 21-V-1983, 26- V-1989, R . Turnbow ( FSCA, 4); Madison County: Monte Sano State Park, 27-V-1987, N. M. Downie ( FSCA, 1); Huntsville , Monte Sano State Park , V-VI-1964, IX- 1965, W. Rosenberg ( FSCA, 2) . ARKANSAS: Sevier County: DeQueen Lake WMA, 25-V-2019, D. J. Heffern ( DHPC, 1); Stone County : Gunner Pool Recreational Area , nr. Hedges Cmpgrd , 27-V-2005, R . Androw, K. Karns ( RAAC, 1) ; Washington County: Devils Den State Park , 18-V-1972, W. R . Enns & S. E. Thewke ( UMRM, 1); Van Buren County: 4.5mi S Shirley , 27-V-2005, R . Androw, K. Karns ( RAAC, 1) . MISSISSIPPI: Alcorn County: Corinth , 25-V-2008, R . Turnbow ( RHTC, 1); Lee County: Hwy 45 at Brewer Rd. , 15-V-2008, R . Turnbow ( RHTC, 2); Oktibbens County: Osborn Prairie , 28- IV-2007, R . Turnbow ( RHTC, 1) . OKLAHOMA: Delaware County: 5 mi E, 3 mi N Grove, 13-V-1984, G. F. & J. F. Hevel ( NMNH, 3); Latimer County: (various dates ranging from III-VI, IX, X, 1977-1991), K. Stephan ( FSCA, 87); Mayes County: near Spavinaw , 12-V-1984, G. F. & J. F. Hevel ( NMNH, 6) . SASKATCHEWAN: 7-VII-1939, E. J. Kiteley ( JPHC, 1) . TENNESSEE: Morgan County: Burrville, 15-V-1955, W. Rosenberg ( FSCA, 1); Burrville , 19-VIII-1960, B. Benesh ( FSCA, 1); Shelby County : Germantown , V-1975 ( NMNH, 1); Warren County : McMinnville, TCU NCRS , 15-23-IV-2002, 12-20-V-2006, 2-9-VI-2006, J. B. Oliver ( TSRS, 7) . WEST VIRGINIA: Grant County: Cave Mountain , 2.3km NNW Landes, alt. 2190’, 8-VI-2001, R . Androw, M. Turcani, R . Acciavatti, S. Clark ( RAAC, 1); Pendleton County: 9km WNW Franklin, 38 39 29 N, 79 26 03 W, 1055 m, Pike Knob , pine, at pityol lure, 16-V-20-VI-2000, R . E. Acciavatti ( CMNH, 1) . WYOMING: Goshen County: Lingle , 25-VI-2009, J. Huether & R . H. Turnbow ( JPHC, 2); Natrona County: 5km SW Casper , 1575m, 27-VI-1992, R . E. Acciavatti ( CMNH, 1); Washakie County: Tensleep , 26-VI-2009, J. Huether & R . H. Turnbow ( JPHC, 3). Leavengood (2014) reviews erroneous distributional records from the literature .

Kentucky counties (Map 24): Clinton (1), Fayette (1), Madison (2), Mercer (1). Kentucky specimens were collected in the Interior Plateau ecoregion.

Years: 1966 (1), 1971 (1), 1976 (1), 2013 (2)

Months: May (1), June (1), July (2), August (1)

Collections (5): JMLC (2), UKIC (3)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (2), fogging (2)

Natural History: Chittenden (1890) reported that adults have been collected from pignut hickory ( Carya glabra ) and southern wax myrtle ( Myrica cerifera ). Whelan (1936) reported that it occurs in prairie habitats. Mawdsley (1999) reported that it can be found “on sunlit foliage in barrens and other open habitats, including recently logged areas” from personal observations. Mawdsley (2002b) reported that the larvae inhabit the limbs and trunks of hickory ( Carya ) and oak ( Quercus ) (infestations not noted). Trieff (2002) reported collecting it via canopy fogging in northern red oak ( Quercus rubra ) Tennessee, and two specimens were collected by fogging in a mixed deciduous forest in Kentucky by author EGC. Majka (2006) reported collection records from northern bush honeysuckle ( Diervilla lonicera ), paper birch ( Betula papyrifera ), possumhaw viburnum ( Viburnum nudum ), and white meadowsweet ( Spiraea alba ) and reported collections from coastal heath barrens, coastal dunes, pine barrens, riversides, ravines and deciduous forests. Dorshorst & Young (2008) reported collections from apple ( Malus domestica ), goldenrod ( Solidago ), hybrid poplar ( Populus nigra x P. deltoides ), and black ( Quercus velutina ), burr ( Q. macrocarpa ), northern pin ( Q. ellipsoidalis ), and red ( Q. alba ) oaks in Wisconsin. They reported that Malaise traps and sweeping in oak habitats (savannas and barrens) were the most frequent collection methods. Price (2014) reared an unspecified number of specimens from the Canada thistle stem gall fly ( Urophora cardui (L.)) galls in Canada thistle in North Dakota.