An Annotated Checklist of Wisconsin Mordellidae (Coleoptera)
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INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 17, No. 3-4, September-December, 2003 195 An annotated checklist of Wisconsin Mordellidae (Coleoptera) Anneke E. Lisberg and Daniel K. Young Department of Entomology University of Wisconsin-Madison 445 Russell Labs 1630 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A. Abstract: A three-year survey of Wisconsin Mordellidae (Coleoptera) encompassing a compilation of data from literature records and local collections as well as field work including trapping, hand-collecting, and rearing yielded 68 species comprising 14 genera in three tribes. Sixty-three species (92% of Wisconsin fauna) represent new state species records, not previously recorded from the state in the literature. Plant-associations and state- specific temporal and spatial distribution data for larvae and adults are noted as available. Distributional records suggest 16 additional species and one additional genus are likely to occur in Wisconsin. Introduction Methods The family Mordellidae is a widely distributed, A general, statewide survey of Wisconsin Mordel- speciose, and commonly encountered beetle taxon. lidae was conducted from literature searches, exam- There are approximately 1500 species worldwide com- ination of previously collected material [e.g. private prising 113 genera. In North America north of Mexico collections, Wisconsin Department of Natural Re- there are 17 genera comprising 201 species (Jackman sources (WI-DNR) specimens and the University of and Lu 2002, Lisberg 2004). Despite the relative Wisconsin-Madison Insect Research collection (WIRC)] abundance of Mordellidae, natural history and distri- as well as field sampling (particularly in historically bution data for North American species are scant. undersampled regions of the state.) Sampling meth- Adult mordellids are phytophagous and feed from the ods included the use of passive traps, particularly flowers of many taxonomically diverse plants (Robert- flight-intercept traps, hand collecting from flowers son 1928, Lu 1997, Jackman and Lu 2002, present and foliage, and a small-scale rearing project from study), however, species-specific records of adult prairie floral stem cuttings. Passive traps were used mordellid food plants are rare. Larvae are stem and to maximize the overall number as well as geograph- wood-borers whose food consists largely of pithy plant ical and taxonomic breadth of species sampled, where- stems and rotten wood (Lawrence 1991, Ford and as hand collecting and rearing provided more in-depth Jackman 1996). Larvae of Mordellini are usually natural history data. Field work from other ongoing collected from woody plants whereas larvae of Mordel- studies [e.g. from the WI-DNR and other insect listenini are more common in stems of pithy herba- inventory projects] also contributed significant data ceous plants (Jackman and Lu 2002), but species- to this study. specific plant-larval associations are also rare. Distri- butional data for North American Mordellidae point Results out many gaps. Published Wisconsin records of Mordel- lidae are particularly sparse, historically accounting This survey yielded 68 Wisconsin species com- for merely five species in three genera: Tomoxia prising 24 genera. A permanent voucher collection of lineella LeConte (Lisberg and Young 2003), Mordella Wisconsin Mordellidae was developed and is housed in atrata Melsheimer, Mordella melaena Germar, the WIRC. Data for these specimens (species, distri- Mordella quadripunctata (Say), and Hoshihanano- bution, and natural history data) were compiled and mia octopunctata (Fabricius) (Liljeblad 1945). By recorded in an established WIRC database which comparison, neighboring Illinois boasts 75 species in utilizes BIOTA software (Colwell 1996). 13 genera (Bright 1986, Jackman 1991, Jackman and The following checklist of Wisconsin Mordellidae Lu 2001, 2002). No statewide surveys for Mordellidae includes 63 new state species records, indicated have previously been conducted in the United States. in boldface. To aid interpretation of county records for each species listed, Wisconsin has been divided into nine regions (Map 1, after Kriska and Young 2002 196 Volume 17, No. 3-4, September-December, 2003, INSECTA MUNDI and Hilsenhoff 1995). Plant associations taken from Mordellaria undulata (Melsheimer) – Recov- Wisconsin specimen labels in pre-existing collections ered from flight intercept and malaise traps in oak are listed using the plant names in the exact form, barrens. Late June to late September. NC: Oneida; common name or scientific name, given in the origi- NE: Shawano; WC: Jackson; EC: Fond du Lac; SW: nal source. Although we concur that it is preferable to Grant; SE: Waukesha. consistently provide scientific rather than common names, the variability and occasional duplicity of Mordella albosuturalis Liljeblad – Collected from common names makes their arbitrary replacement a flowers of Daucus carota Linnaeus. Late June to mid- potential source of introducing inaccurate data. Many July. SC: Dane, Green. Wisconsin species still lack detailed natural history information. To reduce redundance of reporting local- Mordella atrata Melsheimer – Hand collected from ity and temporal distributions, all records reported flowers of Amorpha canescens Pursh, Anemone ca- below should be assumed to pertain specifically to nadensis Linnaeus, Coreopsis lanceolata Linnaeus, adults unless otherwise noted. Cornus racemosa Lamarck, Erigeron anuus Linnae- us, Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus, Opuntia com- Tribe Conaliini pressa Salisbury, Rosa carolina Linnaeus, Spiraea alba DuRoi, Trifolium repens Linnaeus, and white Conalia helva (LeConte) – Late July. C: Wood. clover. Also recorded from barrier pitfall, flight inter- cept, malaise, and yellow pan traps and sweep nets in Tribe Mordellini prairies, prairie remnants, and occasionally oak sa- vannas, sand barrens and oak barrens. Early June to Tomoxia inclusa LeConte – Collected at flight late September. NW: Bayfield, Burnett; NC: Oneida; intercept traps, malaise traps, and sweep nets in oak NE: Oconto, Shawano; WC: Jackson, Pierce; C: Ju- savannas and sandy oak barrens. Mid-June to mid- neau; EC: Sheboygan; SW: Grant, Richland; SC: August. NW: Bayfield; WC: Jackson, Monroe; SW: Columbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Sauk; SE: Walworth. Grant; SC: Sauk; SE: Waukesha. Mordella lunulata Helmuth – Hand collected Tomoxia lineella LeConte – Larvae collected from a from rose and recovered from a yellow pan trap in big standing, dead, large-toothed aspen (Populus grandi- bluestem (prairie). Early June to late July. SC: Dane; dentata Michaux) (Lisberg and Young 2003). Adults SE: Jefferson. collected using flight intercept, malaise, and Lindgren funnel traps in southern mesic hardwood, mesic oak, Mordella marginata Melsheimer – Collected from and mixed forests and prairie-forest ecotones. Late flowers of Amorpha canescens Pursh, Anemone ca- June to early August. NE: Oconto; WC: Monroe; EC: nadensis Linnaeus, Berteroa incana Linnaeus, Cor- Fond du Lac; SC: Green, Lafayette, Sauk. nus racemosa Lamarck, Daucus carota Linnaeus, Eupatorium maculatum Linnaeus, Euphorbia corro- Mordellaria borealis (LeConte) – Early July. lata Linnaeus, Parthenium integrifolium Linnaeus, NW: Bayfield. Physocarpus opulifolius Linnaeus, Rhus glabra Lin- naeus, Sambucus canadensis Linnaeus, Spiraea alba Mordellaria serval (Say) – Hand collected from Du Roi, Trifolium pratense Linnaeus, Viburnum daisy fleabane and elderberry flowers, and collected opulus Linnaeus, orange milkweed, daisy, daisy flea- using flight intercept, malaise, and Lindgren funnel bane, and wild rose, and one specimen was found on traps in northern and southern mesic hardwood a Cirsium altissimum Linnaeus stem. Also sampled forests, northern dry-mesic forests, oak savannas, by using sweep nets and flight intercept, malaise, and oak barrens, an aspen grove, a cut Pinus banksiana yellow pan traps. Late May through early September. Lambert, and oak, oak-basswood, oak-pine, and pine- NW: Bayfield; NC: Oneida, Vilas; NE: Oconto, Sha- poplar forests. Mid-June to mid-September. NC: Onei- wano; WC: Jackson; C: Marquette, Waushara, Wood; da; NE: Oconto; WC: Jackson, Monroe; C: Portage, EC: Fond du Lac, Sheboygan; SW: Crawford, Grant, Waupaca, Wood; EC: Fond du Lac; SW: Grant; SC: LaCrosse, Richland; SC: Columbia, Dane, Green, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette; SE: Ozaukee, Racine, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk; SE: Ozaukee, Wal- Waukesha. worth, Waukesha. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 17, No. 3-4, September-December, 2003 197 Map 1. Regions of Wisconsin (after Kriska and Young 2002, and Hilsenhoff 1995). Mordella melaena Germar – Recorded from flowers of Mordella oculata Say – Collected from forests, mid- Erigeron anuus Linnaeus, Eupatorium perfoliatum July to early August. SC: Dane, Green; SE: Washing- Linnaeus, rose, and Queen Anne’s lace. Also recov- ton. ered from barrier pitfall, flight intercept, and malaise traps from oak savannas, sandy oak barrens, and Mordella quadripunctata (Say) –From flowers of prairies. Early June through late August. NW: Bay- Cicuta maculata Linnaeus and Monarda sp. One field; NC: Iron; NE: Shawano; WC: Monroe, Clark; specimen was collected in a malaise trap. Late June SW: Grant; SC: Columbia, Dane, Lafayette, Sauk; to late July. NC: Oneida; WC: Clark; SW: Grant; SC: SE: Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha. Dane. Hoshihananomia octopunctata (Fabricius) – At flow- ers of Daucus carota Linnaeus, Monarda sp., and 198 Volume 17, No. 3-4, September-December, 2003, INSECTA MUNDI Ceanothus sp. Also collected by hand, using sweep Erigeron sp. Adults