Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 15 species for North America.
Identification
Very flattened, oblong. Long mandibles. Head visible from above--not covered by
pronotum (1):
Range
Holarctic, apparently. Includes much of North America.
Habitat
Deciduous forests, found beneath bark of recently killed hardwoods.
Food
Adults and larvae eat other insects.
Print References
Dillon, p. 222, plate XXII, illustrates
H. fossularis (=
aequalis),
quadridentata.
(1)
White, p. 133, fig. 50
(2)
Arnett, p. 161, fig. 394
(3)
Arnett and Jacques #94
(4)
Salsbury, p. 177--H. aequalis
(5)
Brimley, p. 150, lists H. aequalis and H. lucida from North Carolina
(6)Internet References
North Carolina State University lists H. aequalis (18 specimens) and lucida (9 specimens) for that state.
Contributed by
Cotinis on 3 September, 2004 - 5:56am
Last updated 12 June, 2008 - 4:10pm
