Ampedus collaris (Say, 1825)

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

Ampedus collaris (Say, 1825)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 84 individuals from 21 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from white spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) Voss ( Pinaceae )) ( Majka and Johnson 2008); adults occur in rotting wood, including hickory, white spruce, and eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) ( Ramberg 1979).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with young forests (regrown since 1938 and pine dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a).