Canifa pallipes

Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer, 1846) Collection information. USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: 63 individuals from 28 sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 14 July 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America, transcontinental in the north. Saproxylic habits. Emerged from dead hardwood trees, such as elm (Hoffmann 1942) and oak dead for 2–3 years (McClarin 2008 a); also emerged in numbers from black knot fungus (Apiosporina morbosa (Schwein.) Arx (Venturiaceae)) growing on cherry trees (Melvin et al. 1967). Conservation. Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2024).