Pseudopentarthrum simplex Casey, 1892

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

Pseudopentarthrum simplex Casey, 1892

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 16–30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Reared from a wound in a maple tree ( Acer L.) and adults occur on dead trees and shrubs, such as wax myrtle ( Morella cerifera (L.) Small ( Myricaceae )) ( Ciegler 2010); species of Pseudopentarthrum Wollaston, 1873 are associated with dead wood and various microhabitats (e. g., tree hollows; Anderson 2002).