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Download Download 2002. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 1 1 1(2): 177-181 REPORTS OF RARELY COLLECTED OR PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED INDIANA COLEOPTERA (INSECTA): CERAMBYCIDAE, CEROPHYTIDAE, HYDRAENIDAE, HYDROPHILIDAE, NITIDULIDAE, SCARABAEIDAE, STAPHYLINIDAE, TROGOSSITIDAE Robert D. Waltz: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Room W-290, 402 West Washington, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 USA ABSTRACT. Eleven species of Indiana Coleoptera are newly reported or reported as rarely-collected species in the State. The rare species Cerophytum pulsator (Cerophytidae) is noted from southern Indiana. Temnoschiela virescens (Trogossitidae) was first detected in 1989 but has been found in abundance in 2000. Carpophilus humeralis (Nitidulidae) is newly reported and was taken most frequently in bee hives. Hesperus stehri (Staphylinidae)has been taken in four collections representing the first Indiana records. Hesperus apicialis was thought to be rare but has been encountered throughout southern Indiana. Quedius terminatus is reported from southern Indiana. The European adventive Onthophagus taurus (Scarabaeidae) is reported from far southern Indiana. Several common species that have been overlooked in Indiana are reported for the first time including Dectes texanus (Cerambycidae), Gymnochthebius nitidus (Hydraeni- dae), Helophorus linearis (Hydrophilidae), and Stictocranius puncticeps (Staphylinidae). An additional new county record is provided for the rarely collected Hydraena quadricurvipes (Hydraenidae), known only from the mouths of caves. Keywords: Insecta, Coleoptera, Indiana The Coleoptera of Indiana are generally host volatile, alpha pinene, were placed in well known and documented based on histor- counties adjacent to counties regulated for the ical collections of Indiana beetles by collec- introduced and federally regulated species tors and published treatises by W.S. Blatchley pine shoot beetle [Tomicus piniperda (L.) (1910), Downie & Arnett (1996), and others. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)] to monitor expan- Collections from infrequently-sampled sites in sion of established populations of this species Indiana, and collections of non-target beetles throughout Indiana (visit the following Na- that were taken as a result of exotic scolytid tional Agricultural Pest Information Service trapping efforts by the United States Depart- (NAPIS) website for details of pine shoot bee- ment of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health tle advancement in North America: http:// Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quar- www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/states/wv/psb/ antine (USDA APHIS PPQ) and the Indiana wvpsb.html). Department of Natural Resources were re- Material reported herein includes collec- cently studied. In part, these collections form tions made through several different tech- the basis of this report. Lindgren funnel traps niques including sweeping, pitfall traps, and baited with pheromones for exotic bark bee- baited Lindgren funnel traps. Material was tles (Scolytidae) were placed in close prox- identified by use of Downie & Arnett ( 1996). imity to international port sites on Lake Mich- Arnett & Thomas (2001), Arnett (1960) and igan in Indiana (Burns Harbor) and ports current taxonomic revisions. Comparative de- along the Ohio River near coniferous forests terminations were made using Blatchley to detect possible introductions of exotic bark (1910), but final determinations were reliant beetles of state and national concern, includ- on more recent literature. ing Ips typographus (L.), Orthotomicus erosus Vouchers for all reported species herein are (Wollaston), and Hylurgus ligniperda (L.). In deposited at Purdue University, Purdue Ento- addition, Lindgren funnel traps baited with the mological Research Collection (PERC), West 177 178 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Lafayette, Indiana. Vouchers were compared New state report: INDIANA: Wayne Coun- with identified material housed at Purdue Uni- ty, Milton, J.W Hart farm, 21 March 1998 versity. Mike Brattain, West Lafayette, con- (98- 18b) in pitfall trap, mixed glacial till sub- firmed identifications. Data reported establish- strate in wooded riparian site. es a county voucher; not all specimens taken Hydraena quadricurvipes Perkins.— in any given county are reported. (Bow-Legged Minute Moss Beetle.) This striking species is known to occur in the SPECIES REPORTS mouth of caves in the few instances it has Cerambycidae been reported (Perkins 1980). Earlier Indiana Dectes texanus LeConte.—This distinctive records of this species were from Monroe species is widespread in North America and County near Needmore. What little is known in the northeastern states (Downie & Arnett about the species' biology is reported by Per- 1996). It is known from both Ohio and Illi- kins (1980). nois. Its discovery in Indiana is not surprising. New county report: INDIANA: Crawford New state report: INDIANA: Hamilton County, Wyandotte Cave State Recreation County, 6 August 1998, R.D. Waltz and G.R. area, Jug Hole Pit, 1 June 1998, J. Lewis & Jansen, on giant ragweed. V Lewis. Cerophytidae Hydrophilidae Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman).— Helophorus (Rhopalelophorus) linearis Blatchley (1910) did not collect this species LeConte.—This common species was report- in Indiana although he reported its collection ed from both Ohio and Illinois (Smetana by Drury in Ohio and predicted its eventual 1988; Downie & Arnett 1996) but had not collection in Indiana. Virtually nothing is been previously reported from Indiana. This known about the biology of this elusive spe- report is based on a specimen collected from cies (Arnett 1960; Arnett, Downie & Jacques a small, grassy hummock isolated from the 1980). In this study, mixtures of males and shore of a pond. The occurrence of this com- females were taken in Lindgren funnel traps mon species in Indiana is not surprising. using triple lure. Specimens have not been New state report: INDIANA: Perry County, taken in the alpha pinene traps. The species is Buzzard Roost, pond edge, 3 April 1998, R.D. known to be associated with dead wood, and Waltz, D.R. Waltz, and S. Olsen. all new Indiana collections were taken in de- Nitidulidae clining coniferous, and mixed conifer/decid- uous woodlands. It was previously reported Carpophilus humeralis (Fabricius).—This (Downie 1970) in Indiana on the basis of one species is known from the southeastern United male from Montgomery County, 23 May 1970 States and from California where it is known (PERC). to be a pest of grains. It is a rather distinctive New county reports: INDIANA: Clark species and would not have been easily over- County Pinus sp. 17 April 1998, T. Vawryk, looked in previous surveys. It is possible that (ld\l $); Harrison County Pinus resinosa, P. it has been introduced through beekeeping, strobus, April 1999, T. Vawryk, (17 individ- and has become recently established in north- uals); 5 May 1998, T. Vawryk, (7 individuals); ern Indiana. Specimens were almost exclu- Jefferson County, Madison, 21 May 1999, T. sively found in bee hives. Vawryk, (5 individuals); 17 April 1998, T. Va- New state report: INDIANA: Jasper Coun- wryk (5 individuals). ty, Remington, ex bee hive, 14 June 2000; Ko- skiusko County, Scott Township, Etna Green, Hydraenidae ex bee hive, 22 May 2000; Marshall County, Gymnochthebius nitidus (LeConte).—This Plymouth, ex bee hive, 30 June 2000; Mont- collection containing several individuals was gomery County, Crawfordsville, ex bee hive, taken in one trap approximately one meter 17 June 2000; Montgomery County, Ladoga, from the stream's edge in grass. The species ex bee hive, 1 June 2000; Newton County, is widespread in North America (Perkins Morocco, ex bee hive, 25 May 2000; Porter 1980). Its report from Indiana is not surpris- County, port of entry, Burns Harbor, Trap 13, ing. 24 May 1999, C. Gallowitch; Tippecanoe WALTZ—NEW INDIANA COLEOPTERA 179 County, Lafayette, ex bee hive, 18 August port of entry, July 1999, T. Vawryk; Vigo 2000; West Lafayette, ex bee hive, 27 May County, May 2000, K. Kerras. 2000; West Point, ex bee hive, 20 May 2000; Hesperus stehri Moore.—This species, the White County, Brookston, ex bee hive, 27 largest of North American Hesperus species, May 2000; White County, Idaville, ex bee is not well represented in collections. Smetana hive, 26 May 2000. (1995) reported only 11 specimens studied, from Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, Scarabaeidae Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. The species Onthophagus taurus Schreber.—This Eu- has been taken in Lindgren funnel traps using ropean species was first reported in Indiana by triple lure bait and alpha pinene bait from pine Smith (1997) in Tippecanoe County, approx- areas in southern Indiana. imately 100 km south of Chicago. The first New state report: INDIANA: Clark County, North American record of this species was 29 April 1998, in Pinus, (pheromone trap), T. taken in the State of Florida. It has apparently Vawryk; Harrison County, April 1998, (pher- moved steadily northward. Herein I am re- omone trap), T. Vawryk; Morgan County?, (al- porting an additional collection of this species pha pinene trap), May 2000, K. Kerras; Van- from near the Ohio River indicating that the derburgh County, Evansville, port of entry, species is probably, and predictably, wide- (pheromone trap), July 1999, T. Vawryk. spread in Indiana. Quedius (Microsaurus) terminatus Melsh- New county report; INDIANA; Vander- eimer.—This rarely reported species (Smeta- burgh County, Evans ville, port of entry, April na 1971) was taken
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