Enicmus maculatus (LeConte, 1878)

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

Enicmus maculatus (LeConte, 1878)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 289 individuals from 33 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop in, and adults occur on Hypoxylon growing on oaks, including live oak ( Quercus virginiana Mill. ) and southern red oak, apparently feeding on conidia ( Lawrence 1977; Gil 2008).

Conservation.

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