Mioptachys flavicauda (Say, 1823)

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

Mioptachys flavicauda (Say, 1823)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 11 August 2020.

Distribution.

North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Predator of small arthropods under bark ( Ferro et al. 2012 a); emerged from a wide variety of deadwood substrates, including logs, standing dead trees, and coarse and fine woody debris of loblolly pine, sweetgum, oak and various hardwoods ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a; Ferro et al. 2012 a; Ferro and Nguyen 2016); emerged from burned and unburned loblolly pine logs ( Ulyshen et al. 2010), and loblolly pine and hardwoods across decomposition stages ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2010; Ferro et al. 2012 a); associated with logs and portions of standing dead trees near to the ground ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).