Orchesia cultriformis Laliberté, 1967

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

Orchesia cultriformis Laliberté, 1967

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 9 April 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, transcontinental in north.

Saproxylic habits.

Develop within decaying polypores of parasitic fungi, including Inocutis dryophila (Berk.) Fiasson and Niemelä ( Hymenochaetaceae ) growing on oaks ( Hinson 2016) and Inonotus obliquus (Fr.) Pila ́ t growing on birch ( Bunyard 2015).