Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 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

Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 1862)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 14–27 July 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from sweetgum ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a) and loblolly pine dead for five years ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2010); species of Aeletes Horn, 1873 are often found in association with rotting tree trunks and occasionally leaf litter ( Kovarik and Caterino 2005).