Piesocorynus plagifer Jordan, 1904

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

Piesocorynus plagifer Jordan, 1904

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 11–26 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America into Central America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults and larvae of Piesocorynus feed on various fungi in the order Xylariales (e. g., Hypoxylon ) ( Valentine 1998); adults occur on fungus growing on dead tree trunks and under loose bark ( Pierce 1930).