Temnoscheila acuta (LeConte, 1858)

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

Temnoscheila acuta (LeConte, 1858)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 16 June – 14 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern United States and Mexico ( Barron 1971).

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under dead bark and on logs, including pine ( Barron 1971; Dajoz 1989); adults and larvae of Temnoscheila Westwood, 1830 are predatory on woodboring beetle larvae under the bark of dead trees and shrubs ( Kolibáč 2013).