Alaus myops (Fabricius, 1801)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027522
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scientific name	Alaus myops (Fabricius, 1801)
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Treatment

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 2–16 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae are predators of woodboring insects in dead pine logs and stumps ( Frost 1916; Savely 1939); occupies logs throughout decomposition ( Savely 1939; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Elateridae
Genus	Alaus

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