Priobium sericeum (Say, 1825)

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

Priobium sericeum (Say, 1825)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 16–30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop within dead branches of oak, cherry, hickory, holly ( Ilex L. ( Aquifoliaceae )), and mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia L. ( Ericaceae )) ( White 1982), and apparently use very dry wood ( McClarin 2005); emerged from large and small hardwood pieces and associated with fresh wood ( Ferro et al. 2012 a; Ferro and Nguyen 2016).

Conservation.

Significantly higher abundance in primary (= old-growth) than secondary (= second-growth) forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains ( Ferro et al. 2012 a).