Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)

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

Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 12 individuals from nine sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 11 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop, and adults occur on Hypoxylon growing on oak, where they feed on conidia ( Lawrence 1977); adults also occur on other fungi, such as Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. ( Cline and Leschen 2005) ; emerged from and associated with dead oaks in upland forests ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).

Conservation.

In the Piedmont, significantly associated with forests within highly forested landscapes (> 50 % forest; Traylor et al. 2023 a) and occurrence probability increases with the amount of landscape forest cover ( Traylor et al. 2024).