Cymatoderella collaris (Spinola, 1844)

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 : 37-38

Cymatoderella collaris (Spinola, 1844) ; Cleridae : Tillinae (no tribal assignment)

Illustrations: Plate 1-O. Key to clerid genera, couplet 22-C, couplet 23-G, I, couplet 24-E, F

Distribution: FL to MD to OH to OK to TX and south to Guatemala.

- Recorded from: AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, Mexico, and Guatemala ( Burke et al. 2015; BugGuide).

Kentucky counties (Map 8): Rowan (1). The lone Kentucky specimen was collected in the Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregion .

Years: 1949 (1)

Months: June (1)

Collections: Literature record (1)

Collection methods: unknown

Natural History: Recorded from Acacia and Chilean mesquite ( Prosopis chilensis ) in Mexico (Rifkind 1993, from label data), and water oak ( Quercus nigra ) in the U.S. ( Leavengood 2008b). Nocturnal—comes to lights. Also collected with Malaise and flight intercept traps.