LA Oak Twig Beetles

Louisiana State Arthropod Museum

For the fun of it we decided to take a look at the beetles that live in dead oak twigs in Louisiana.

Louisiana Oak Twig Project

Curculionidae: Laemosaccus nephele (Herbst 1797)

Note the bases of the elytra overlapping the pronotum.

Family	Species	Author	Year
Anobiidae	Petalium debile	(Ford)	1905
Anobiidae	Calymmaderus nitidus	(LeConte)	1865
Biphyllidae	Diplocoelus rudis	LeConte	1863
Buprestidae	Chrysobothris chrysoela	Illiger	1800
Buprestidae	Agrilus obsoletoguttatus	Gory	1841
Cerambycidae	Anelaphus villosus	(Fabricius)	1792
Cerambycidae	Anelaphus pumilus	(Newman)	1840
Cerambycidae	Tessaropa tenuipes	(Haldeman)	1848
Cerambycidae	Cyrtinus pygmaeus	(Haldeman)	1847
Cerambycidae	Ecyrus dasycerus	(Say)	1827
Cerambycidae	Liopinus alpha	(Say)	1827
Cerambycidae	Obrium maculatum	(Oliver)	1795
Cerambycidae	Neoclytus acuminatus	(Fabricius)	1775
Cerambycidae	Euderces pini	(Oliver)	1795
Cerambycidae	Euderces picipes	(Fabricius)	1787
Cleridae	Neorthopleura damicornis	(Say)
Cleridae	Madoniella dislocatus	(Say)	1825
Corylophidae	Holopsis carolinae	(Casey)	1900
Curculionidae	Laemosaccus nephele	(Herbst)	1797
Curculionidae	Sp. A
Curculionidae	Hypothenemus californicus	Hopkins	1915
Curculionidae	Sp. B
Curculionidae	Acalles clavatus	(Say)	1831
Dermestidae	Cryptorhopalum floridanum	Casey	1916
Laemophloeidae	Charaphloeus sp.
Latridiidae	Corticarina
Latridiidae	Melanophthalma distinguenda	(Comolli)	1837
Melandryidae	Microtonus sericans	LeConte	1862
Melyridae	Attalus scincetus	(Say)	1825
Monotomidae	Monotoma longicollis	(Gyllenhal)	1827
Mordellidae	Mordella invisitata	Liljeblad	1945
Mordellidae	Falsomordellistena hebraica	(LeConte)	1862
Ptiliidae	Acrotrichis sp.
Staphylinidae	Sepedophilus macer	Casey	1895
Staphylinidae	Bibloplectus sp.

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