Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 December, 2025 - 12:56pm
New Species and Records of New World Micropeplinae ( COLEOPTERA : STAPHYLINIDAE )
By Campbell, J. M. Can. Ent. 105: 569-576 , 1973
Two new species, Micropeplus volcanus from Mexico and M. smetanai from British Columbia, are described and illustrated. New distributional and habitat data are given for nine other species of the subfamily.
The male genitalia of Kalissus nitidus Leconte and Peplomicrus acumen (Sharp) are illustrated for the first time.
A revised key to the New World species of the genus
Micropeplus is presented.
Contributed by Glen Forister on 30 November, 2025 - 1:26pm
New species and records of New World Micropeplidae (Coleoptera). II.
By Campbell, J. M. Canadian Entomologist, 110: 1247-1258. , 1978
A revised key to aid in the identificationof the Micropeplidae of Latin America is presented. (Staphylinidae, Micropeplinae).
Good illustrations. His earlier pub has lots of information also, but this is the updated key that is in that publication of 1968.
Traylor CR, Ulyshen MD, Cornish JW, Tigreros G, McHugh JV (2025). Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA. ZooKeys 1232: 1-95. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
Abstract
Deadwood-dependent (saproxylic) insects represent a large proportion of forest biodiversity, are major contributors to ecosystem processes, and are conservation priorities due to their sensitivity to changing forest conditions. Despite relevance across much of the world, research on saproxylic biodiversity has been concentrated in Europe where interest was first generated. A major impediment for this field elsewhere is a lack of resources to determine which species are saproxylic. Here, we attempt to facilitate research on saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA by compiling information from 18 published studies and theses in the region. A list of 1,393 taxa (species or genera) from 74 families is provided with deadwood associations. (emphasis added) This includes 891 taxa from 71 families that were reared or emerged from deadwood, and 831 taxa from 61 families that were collected from bulk trapping methods and considered to be saproxylic, or were previously included in a list of regional deadwood taxa. Additionally, for 293 taxa from non-economically important families that were considered to be saproxylic in a recently published study, known saproxylic habits, microhabitat associations, and conservation notes are listed. Sixty-eight of these species represent new state records in Georgia, USA. Although a checklist of saproxylic species is needed for the southeastern USA, it is precluded by a dearth of knowledge about the natural history and distribution of species in the region. Increasing our understanding of these species’ habitat requirements is essential for understanding biodiversity responses to changing forest conditions and assessing conservation needs.
Skvarla M, Fisher D, Schnepp K, Dowling A (2015). Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. |. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6832. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6832
Abstract
The Ozark Mountains are a region with high endemism and biodiversity, yet few invertebrate inventories have been made and few sites extensively studied. We surveyed a site near Steel Creek Campground, along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, using twelve trap types — Malaise traps, canopy traps (upper and lower collector), Lindgren multifunnel traps (black, green, and purple), pan traps (blue, purple, red, white, and yellow), and pitfall traps — and Berlese-Tullgren extraction for eight and half months.
Peck, S.B. (2015). The Beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): Diversity and Distributions. Insecta Mundi 0460: 1-360.
Abstract
The island arc of the Lesser Antilles lies at the eastern margin of the Caribbean Sea in the Western Hemisphere, and stretches from the eastern end of the islands of the Greater Antilles (at the Virgin Islands), south to a position near the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago at the north eastern corner of South America. The islands are a part of the West Indian Islands biodiversity “hotspot” and have been available for terrestrial colonization for about the past 15 million years. This is a status report on present knowledge of the beetle faunas of these islands, which is composed of 90 families, 1,210 genera, and 2,612 recognized species (emphasis added). Many additional species are not yet identified, or are unnamed, or remain to be discovered. Reported for the first time from the Lesser Antilles are four families, 49 genera, 105 species, and 1253 new island records.
