Acalles clavatus (Say, 1831)

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

Acalles clavatus (Say, 1831)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: 28 individuals from 14 sites. Sifted from leaf litter from 29 June – 31 August 2020.

Distribution.

Southeastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from twigs of hardwood trees ( Ferro and Nguyen 2016), including southern red oak ( Ferro et al. 2009).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with, and occurrence probability increases in, old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a, 2024).