Cnopus impressus (LeConte, 1875)

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

Cnopus impressus (LeConte, 1875)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: 22 individuals from 15 sites. Caught in flight trap from 6 May – 27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, possibly further west.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from and associated with loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L. ( Pinaceae )), also emerged from sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua L. ( Altingiaceae )) ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a); adults occur in dead tree trunks ( Ciegler 2014).

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).