Bacanius punctiformis (LeConte, 1853)

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

Bacanius punctiformis (LeConte, 1853)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: nine individuals from six sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 26 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under bark and are suggested to feed on fungi ( Savely 1939); emerged in great numbers from loblolly pine (throughout decomposition), sweetgum, and water oak, and was particularly associated with deadwood items near to the ground ( Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a, 2010); additionally emerged from hardwood twigs ( Ferro and Nguyen 2016).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with forests in highly forested landscapes (> 50 % forest) in the Piedmont ( Traylor et al. 2023 a).