Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer, 1844)

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

Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer, 1844)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: five individuals from four sites. Caught in flight trap from 16 June – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, west to Arizona, Utah, and Idaho ( Muona 2000).

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop in decayed oak stumps ( Osten Sacken 1862) and have also emerged from decayed tulip poplar ( Liriodendron tulipifera L. ( Magnoliaceae )), hickory, and aspen ( Populus L. (Saliceae) аrn 1909; Kirk 1922; Muona 2000).