Megalodacne fasciata (Fabricius, 1777)

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

Megalodacne fasciata (Fabricius, 1777)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 26 August – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, likely introduced in the western United States ( Goodrich and Springer 1999).

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop within polypores of Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst. ( Ganodermataceae ), and adults feed on a wider range of polypores ( Skelley et al. 1991).