Polypleurus perforatus

Polypleurus perforatus (Germar, 1824) Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Sifted from leaf litter from 27–28 July 2020. Distribution. Southeastern United States. Saproxylic habits. Larvae develop within smaller, dry branches, and adults are flightless (Steiner 1999); adults occur under dead bark and logs, including oak and pine (Ciegler 2014). Conservation. Apparently lost after 1925 from the fauna of Plummers Island, Maryland, possibly due to changing forest conditions (Steiner 2008); considered an indicator of undisturbed, open forest conditions (Steiner 1999).