Athous cucullatus (Say, 1825)

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

Athous cucullatus (Say, 1825)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 24 individuals from 19 sites. Caught in flight trap from 16 June – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae occur in dead wood where they prey upon woodboring larvae ( Kirk 1922; Glen 1950); emerged from decayed loblolly pine, hickory, elm, and various hardwoods ( Blackman and Stage 1924; Hoffmann 1942; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010; Ferro et al. 2012 a).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2024).