Mordellistena tosta LeConte, 1862

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

Mordellistena tosta LeConte, 1862

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 16 individuals from nine sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from decayed loblolly pine logs ( Ulyshen et al. 2020; Traylor et al. 2023 c), and from alder ( Alnus Mill. ( Betulaceae )) ( Liljeblad 1945).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with, and occurrence probability increases in, young forests (regrown since 1938 and pine dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a, 2024).