Neorthopleura thoracica (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

Neorthopleura thoracica (Say, 1823)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 11 individuals from seven sites. Caught in flight trap from 6 May – 14 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae and adults prey on bark and woodboring beetles in various hardwood trees, especially oak ( Böving and Champlain 1920; Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases with the amount of landscape forest cover in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2024).