Silvanus muticus Sharp, 1899

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

Silvanus muticus Sharp, 1899

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: six individuals from six sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 26 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under bark of various trees (pine, maple, oak, chestnut, and juniper ( Juniperus )), likely feeding on fungal spores ( Halstead 1973); emerged and collected from loblolly pine and southern red oak logs throughout decomposition ( Gil 2008; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010), as well as hardwood twigs ( Ferro and Nguyen 2016); associated with deadwood in upland forests ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).