Laemophloeus biguttatus (Say, 1827)

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

Laemophloeus biguttatus (Say, 1827)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 24 individuals from 13 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 26 August 2020.

Distribution.

North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop under the bark of standing dead oaks (e. g., Quercus hemisphaerica W. Bartram ex Willd. ) infested with the fungi Biscogniauxia atropunctata , and apparently jump when disturbed ( Bertone et al. 2022); adults also occur under bark ( Thomas 1993).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2024).