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Academic editor: Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga
Received: 12 Oct 2015 | Accepted: 08 Dec 2015 | Published: 10 Dec 2015
© 2015 Michael Skvarla, Danielle Fisher, Kyle Schnepp, Ashley Dowling
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Skvarla M, Fisher D, Schnepp K, Dowling A (2015) Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6832. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e6832
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The Ozark Mountains are a region with high endemism and biodiversity, yet few invertebrate inventories have been made and few sites extensively studied. We surveyed a site near Steel Creek Campground, along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, using twelve trap types – Malaise traps, canopy traps (upper and lower collector), Lindgren multifunnel traps (black, green, and purple), pan traps (blue, purple, red, white, and yellow), and pitfall traps – and Berlese-Tullgren extraction for eight and half months.
We provide collection records of beetle species belonging to eight families collected at the site. Thirty one species represent new state records: (Buprestidae) Actenodes acornis, Agrilus cephalicus, Agrilus ohioensis, Agrilus paracelti, Taphrocerus nicolayi; (Carabidae) Agonum punctiforme, Synuchus impunctatus; (Curculionidae) Acalles clavatus, Acalles minutissimus, Acoptus suturalis, Anthonomus juniperinus, Anametis granulata, Idiostethus subcalvus, Eudociminus mannerheimii, Madarellus undulatus, Magdalis armicollis, Magdalis barbita, Mecinus pascuorum, Myrmex chevrolatii, Myrmex myrmex, Nicentrus lecontei, Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus, Piazorhinus pictus, Phyllotrox ferrugineus, Plocamus hispidulus, Pseudobaris nigrina, Pseudopentarthrum simplex, Rhinoncus pericarpius, Sitona lineatus, Stenoscelis brevis, Tomolips quericola. Additionally, three endemic carabids, two of which are known only from the type series, were collected.
Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brachyceridae, Brentidae, Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, state record, range expansion, endemic, Interior Highlands, Boston Mountains
The Interior Highlands is a mountainous physiogeographic division in the central United States and the only significant topographic relief between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains (Fig.
The Ouachita Mountains are east-west trending fold mountains approximately 100 km wide and 190 km long (3,237,600 ha), with elevations up to 818 m (
Prior to European settlement, the Ouachita Mountains were dominated by shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.), pine-hardwood, and mixed oak (Quercus L.) forests, with diverse, fire-dependent forb and grass understories (
The Ozarks, also referred to as the Ozark Mountains or Ozark Plateau, is divided into four geologic subdivisions. The Saint Francois Mountains, the oldest subdivision, is the exposed remains of a Proterozoic mountain range that formed through volcanic and intrusive activity 1485 Ma (
The Salem and Springfield Plateaus rise to elevations of 450 m and 550 m, respectively, and are characterized by relatively flat plateau surfaces that form extensive plains cut into rolling, level-topped hills around rivers and other flowing water (
The Ouachita Mountains and Ozarks have never been connected as the Arkansas Valley (also called the Arkansas River Valley), which is part of the Arkoma Basin, formed as a foreland basin through downwarping along the Ouachita orogeny when the Ouachita Mountains were uplifted (
The Interior Highlands can also be divided by ecoregion. Ecoregions, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, are divided into three levels: Level I is the most inclusive and places the region "in context at global or intercontinental scales"; Level II regions are subdivisions of Level I regions and are "intended to provide a more detailed description of the large ecological areas nested within the level I regions"; finally, Level III has the smallest subdivisions that "enhance regional environmental monitoring, assessment and reporting, as well as decision-making" and "allow locally defining characteristics to be identified, and more specifically oriented management strategies to be formulated" (
As may be expected with the regions inclusion in the Level I Eastern Temperate Forests ecoregion, many species found in the Interior Highlands are typical of eastern North America. However, some western species reach their eastern range limit in the Interior Highlands (e.g., Texas brown tarantula [Aphonopelma hentzi (Jean-Étienne Girard, 1852)], eastern collared lizard [Crotaphytus collaris (Say, 1823)], western diamondback rattlesnake [Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard, 1853]); these species likely colonized the Interior Highlands during the post-glacial Xerothermic Interval (6,000-4,000 b.p.), during which time prairies and xeric habitat similar to that in the west expanded into the Interior Highlands, and remained after the climate became more moist (
Select references to recently discovered and described species with disjunct and endemic distributions in the Interior Highlands.
Range status | Taxonomic category | Select references |
Disjunct | lichens |
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plants |
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molluscs |
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arthropods |
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fish |
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Endemic | lichens |
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plants |
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arthropods |
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fish |
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Aquatic insects and crayfish have been relatively well surveyed within the Interior Highlands (Table
Select references for well-sampled aquatic arthropods in the Interior Highlands.
Taxon | Select references |
Ephemeroptera |
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Plecoptera |
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Trichoptera |
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Astacoidea |
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The following traps were maintained within the site: five Malaise traps (MegaView Science Co., Ltd., Taichung, Taiwan), twenty-five pan traps (five of each color: blue, purple, red, yellow, white) which were randomly arranged under the Malaise traps (one of each color per Malaise trap) so as to also act as intercept traps; fifteen Lindgren multi-funnel traps (ChemTich International, S.A., Heredia, Costa Rica) (five of each color: black, green, purple); four SLAM (Sea, Land, and Air Malaise) traps (MegaView Science Co., Ltd., Taichung, Taiwan) with top and bottom collectors that acted as canopy traps; and seventeen pitfall trap sets. Sixteen of the seventeen pitfall sets were placed in two transects of sets spaced every five meters centered on two Malaise traps while the final set was placed away from other traps. Additionally, ten leaf litter samples were collected for Berlese extraction when traps were serviced.
Pitfall traps were based on a design proposed by
Berlese-Tullgren samples were collected from a variety of habitats, including thin leaf litter away from objects; thick leaf litter accumulated along logs and rocks; moss; tree holes; bark from fallen, partially decayed trees; and bark and leaf litter accumulated at the base of standing, dead trees. An attempt was made to collect moist, non-desiccated litter in order to increase the number of specimens collected; this resulted in fewer samples being taken from thin leaf litter, moss, and tree bark during the hot, dry summer months. Tree holes were sampled once each so as not to totally destroy them as potential habitat; as the number of tree holes within the site was limited, this resulted in only a handful of collections from this habitat type. Leaf litter samples were processed for four to seven days until the litter was thoroughly dry using modified Berlese-Tullgren funnels.
Trap placement began on 8 March 2013 and all traps were set by 13 March 2013, except Lindgren funnels, which were set on 1 April 2013. Traps set earlier than 13 March were reset on that date in order to standardize trap catch between traps. Traps were serviced approximately every two weeks (Table
Collection period |
13 March 2013 – 1 April 2013 |
1 April 2013 – 13 April 2013 |
30 April 2013 – 15 May 2013 |
15 May 2013 – 29 May 2013 |
29 May 2013 – 12 June 2013 |
12 June 2013 – 28 June 2013 |
28 June 2013 – 17 July 2013 |
17 July 2013 – 30 July 2013 |
30 July 2013 – 13 August 2013 |
13 August 2013 – 28 August 2013 |
28 August 2013 – 11 September 2013 |
11 September 2013 – 25 September 2013 |
25 September 2013 – 8 October 2013 |
8 October 2013 – 23 October 2013 |
23 October 2013 – 6 November 2013 |
6 Novemver 2013 – 20 November 2013 |
20 November 2013 – 4 December 2013 |
Maximum number of traps collected (canopy, Lindgren funnel, Malaise, pan, and pitfall traps) or collections made (Berlese-Tullgren) per collecting period and total number of samples per sampling type; traps were occasionally destroyed or otherwise lost during the 2-week sampling period.
Trap type | Number of traps or collections | Number of samples |
Berlese-Tullgren | 10 | 140 |
Canopy trap (lower) | 4 | 72 |
Canopy trap (upper) | 4 | 72 |
Lindgren funnel (black) | 5 | 85 |
Lindgren funnel (green) | 5 | 85 |
Lindgren funnel (purple) | 5 | 82 |
Malaise trap | 5 | 95 |
Pan trap (blue) | 5 | 82 |
Pan trap (purple) | 5 | 81 |
Pan trap (red) | 5 | 83 |
Pan trap (white) | 5 | 83 |
Pan trap (yellow) | 5 | 83 |
Pitfall | 17 | 268 |
Propylene glycol (Peak RV & Marine Antifreeze) (Old World Industries, LLC, Northbrook, IL) was used as the preservative in all traps as it is non-toxic and generally preserves specimens well (
Samples were coarse-sorted using a Leica MZ16 stereomicroscope illuminated with a Leica KL1500 LCD light source and a Wild M38 stereomicroscope illuminated with an Applied Scientific Devices Corp. Eco-light 20 fiber optic light source. After sorting, specimens were stored individually or by family in 2 mL microtubes (VWR International, LLC, Randor, PA) in 70% ethanol. Hard-bodied specimens (e.g., Carabidae, Curculionidae) were pinned or pointed as appropriate.
Specimens were identified with the use of published keys (Table
Family | Genus | Reference |
Anthribidae |
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Attelabidae |
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Brentidae |
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Buprestidae |
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Carabidae |
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Carabidae | Abacidus |
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Carabidae | Agonum |
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Carabidae | Anisodactylus |
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Carabidae | Brachinus |
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Carabidae | Calathus |
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Carabidae | Carabus |
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Carabidae | Chlaenius |
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Carabidae | Clinidium |
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Carabidae | Clivina |
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Carabidae | Cychrus |
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Carabidae | Cymindis |
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Carabidae | Dicaelus |
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Carabidae | Dicheirus |
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Carabidae | Harpalus |
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Carabidae | Lebia |
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Carabidae | Notiophilus |
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Carabidae | Notobia |
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Carabidae | Platynus |
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Carabidae | Progaleritina |
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Carabidae | Pseudophonus |
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Carabidae | Pterostichus |
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Carabidae | Rhadinae |
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Carabidae | Scaphinotus |
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Carabidae | Stenolophus |
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Carabidae | Tachyta |
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Cerambycidae |
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Cerambycidae | Astylopsis |
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Cerambycidae | Purpuricenus |
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Cerambycidae | Saperda |
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Curculionidae |
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Curculionidae | Cercopeus |
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Curculionidae | Conotrachelus |
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Curculionidae | Cossonus |
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Curculionidae | Curculio |
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Curculionidae | Dichoxenus |
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Curculionidae | Eubulus |
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Curculionidae | Geraeus |
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Curculionidae | Lechriops |
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Curculionidae | Linogeraeus |
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Curculionidae | Lissorhoptrus |
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Curculionidae | Lymantes |
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Curculionidae | Notiodes |
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Curculionidae | Oopterinus |
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Curculionidae | Otiorhynchus |
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Curculionidae | Pandeletius |
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Curculionidae | Rhinoncus |
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Curculionidae | Tychius |
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Curculionidae | Tyloderma |
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The sole representative of Lymantes (Curculionidae) collected keys to L. sandersoni in
Ormiscus (Curculionidae) consists of 14 described and approximately 30 undescribed species in North America north of Mexico (
Two weevil species, Auleutes nebulosus and Laemosaccus nephele (Curculionidae), are thought to be complexes of multiple cryptic species that are in need of revision (
The males of nine of 17 species of Cercopeus (Curculionidae) in the United States, including the widespread species C. chrysorrhoeus, are undescribed (
The Chrysobothris femorata (Buprestidae) species group consists of a dozen species that are difficult to seperate (with the exception of C. adelpha) as the characters used to distinguish species, including genitalia, are variable and often intermediate between species (
All specimens have been deposited in the University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum (UAAM), with the following exceptions: 1) 1–5 exemplars of each species have been deposited in the Dowling Lab Collection at the University of Arkansas; 2) the following specimens were sent to Peter Messer for identification confirmation and have been deposited in the P. W. Messer Collection: Agonum striatopunctatum (MS 13-0529-072, #136215; MS 13-0612-022, #139663), Cicindela rufiventris (MS 13-0717-001, #134492), Cyclotrachelus incisus (MS 13-0413-023, #139591; MS 13-0413-019, #139592; MS 13-0413-006, #139594; MS 13-1008-075, #139596), Cyclotrachelus parasodalis (MS 13-0430-019, #131983; MS 13-0529-037, #135057; MS 13-1106-002, #138280), Lophoglossus haldemanni (MS 13-0529-066, #135053), Pterostichus punctiventris (MS 13-0401-018, #135065; MS 13-1023-021, # 136216), Rhadine ozarkensis (MS 13-0925-027, #134547), Scaphinotus fissicollis (MS 13-1106-037, #137830), Selenophorus ellipticus (MS 13-0925-005, #136223), Selenophorus opalinus (MS 13-0813-034, # 136217), Trichotichus autumnalis (MS 13-0730-005, #136226), Trichotichnus vulpeculus (MS 13-0911-027, #136218).
New Arkansas state records for Buprestidae are based on the range data given by
The survey was conducted at 4 hectare plot established at Steel Creek along the Buffalo National River in Newton County, Arkansas, centered at approximately N 36°02.269', W 93°20.434'. The site is primarily 80–100 year old mature second-growth Eastern mixed deciduous forest dominated by oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya), though American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) are also abundant. A small (14 m x 30 m), fishless pond and glade (10 m x 30 m) with sparse grasses are present within the boundaries of the site.
36.0367 and 36.0397 Latitude; -93.3917 and -93.3397 Longitude.
All specimens of Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brachyceridae, Brentidae, Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae excluding Scolytinae were identified to species.
Column label | Column description |
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typeStatus | Nomenclatural type applied to the record |
catalogNumber | Unique within-project and within-lab number applied to the record |
recordedBy | Who recorded the record information |
individualCount | The number of specimens contained within the record |
lifeStage | Life stage of the specimens contained within the record |
kingdom | Kingdom name |
phylum | Phylum name |
class | Class name |
order | Order name |
family | Family name |
genus | Genus name |
specificEpithet | Specific epithet |
scientificNameAuthorship | Name of the author of the lowest taxon rank included in the record |
scientificName | Complete scientific name including author and year |
taxonRank | Lowest taxonomic rank of the record |
country | Country in which the record was collected |
countryCode | Two-letter country code |
stateProvince | State in which the record was collected |
county | County in which the record was collected |
municipality | Closest municipality to where the record was collected |
locality | Description of the specific locality where the record was collected |
verbatimElevation | Average elevation of the field site in meters |
verbatimCoordinates | Approximate center point coordinates of the field site in GPS coordinates |
verbatiumLatitude | Approximate center point latitude of the field site in GPS coordinates |
verbatimLongitude | Approximate center point longitude of the field site in GPS coordinates |
decimalLatitude | Approximate center point latitude of the field site in decimal degrees |
decimalLongitude | Approximate center point longitude of the field site in decimal degrees |
georeferenceProtocol | Protocol by which the coordinates were taken |
identifiedBy | Who identified the record |
eventDate | Date or date range the record was collected |
habitat | Description of the habitat |
language | Two-letter abbreviation of the language in which the data and labels are recorded |
institutionCode | Name of the institution where the specimens are deposited |
basisofRecord | The specific nature of the record |
8,048 specimens representing 251 species and 188 genera were collected during this study (Table
Species collected, including total number of specimens. New state records are indicated by an an asterisk (*).
*Family | Genus | Species | Total specimens collected |
Anthribidae | Euparius | Euparius marmoreus | 11 |
Anthribidae | Eurymycter | Eurymycter fasciatus | 2 |
Anthribidae | Ormiscus | 1 | |
Anthribidae | Toxonotus | Toxonotus cornutus | 1 |
Attelabidae | Eugnamptus | Eugnamptus angustatus | 12 |
Attelabidae | Synolabus | Synolabus bipustulatus | 1 |
Attelabidae | Temnocerus | Temnocerus aeratus | 6 |
Brachyceridae | Notiodes | Notiodes limatulus | 1 |
Brentidae | Arrhenodes | Arrhenodes minutus | 6 |
Buprestidae | Acmaeodera | Acmaeodera tubulus | 70 |
Buprestidae | Acmaeodera | Acmaeodera pulchella | 1 |
Buprestidae | Actenodes | Actenodes acornis* | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus arcuatus complex | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus bilineatus | 35 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus cephalicus* | 18 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus defectus | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus fallax | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus geminatus | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus lecontei | 4 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus masculinus | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus ohioensis* | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus olentangyi | 1 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus obsoletoguttatus | 12 |
Buprestidae | Agrilus | Agrilus paracelti* | 3 |
Buprestidae | Anthaxia | Anthaxia viridifrons | 6 |
Buprestidae | Brachys | Brachys aerosus | 1 |
Buprestidae | Chrysobothris | Chrysobothris adelpha | 60 |
Buprestidae | Chrysobothris | Chrysobothris femorata complex | 70 |
Buprestidae | Chrysobothris | Chrysobothris sexsignata | 7 |
Buprestidae | Dicerca | Dicerca divaricata | 3 |
Buprestidae | Dicerca | Dicerca lurida | 58 |
Buprestidae | Dicerca | Dicerca obscura | 8 |
Buprestidae | Dicerca | Dicerca spreta | 1 |
Buprestidae | Ptosima | Ptosima gibbicollis | 5 |
Buprestidae | Taphrocerus | Taphocerus gracilis | 3 |
Buprestidae | Taphrocerus | Taphrocerus nicolayi* | 2 |
Carabidae | Agonoleptus | Agonoleptus conjunctus | 17 |
Carabidae | Agonum | Agonum punctiforme* | 2 |
Carabidae | Agonum | Agonum striatopunctatum | 3 |
Carabidae | Amara | Amara aenea | 3 |
Carabidae | Amara | Amara cupreolata | 14 |
Carabidae | Amara | Amara musculis | 30 |
Carabidae | Anisodactylus | Anisodactylus rusticus | 33 |
Carabidae | Apenes | Apenes sinuata | 8 |
Carabidae | Badister | Badister notatus | 3 |
Carabidae | Bembidion | Bembidion affine | 6 |
Carabidae | Bembidion | Bembidion rapidum | 2 |
Carabidae | Brachinus | Brachinus americanus | 91 |
Carabidae | Calathus | Calathus opaculus | 14 |
Carabidae | Calleida | Calleida viridipennis | 8 |
Carabidae | Carabus | Carabus sylvosus | 20 |
Carabidae | Chlaenius | Chlaenius platyderus | 1 |
Carabidae | Chlaenius | Chlaenius tomentosus | 3 |
Carabidae | Cicindela | Cicindela rufiventris | 3 |
Carabidae | Cicindela | Cicindela sexguttata | 32 |
Carabidae | Clinidium | Clinidium sculptile | 1 |
Carabidae | Clivina | Clivina pallida | 1 |
Carabidae | Cyclotrachelus | Cyclotrachelus incisus | 797 |
Carabidae | Cyclotrachelus | Cylotrachelus parasodalis | 33 |
Carabidae | Cymindis | Cymindis americana | 9 |
Carabidae | Cymindis | Cymindis limbata | 203 |
Carabidae | Cymindis | Cymindis platycollis | 8 |
Carabidae | Dicaelus | Dicaelus ambiguus | 22 |
Carabidae | Dicaelus | Dicaelus elongatus | 11 |
Carabidae | Dicaelus | Dicaelus sculptilis | 78 |
Carabidae | Dromius | Dromius piceus | 1 |
Carabidae | Elaphropus | Elaphropus granarius | 1 |
Carabidae | Galerita | Galerita bicolor | 19 |
Carabidae | Galerita | Galerita janus | 2 |
Carabidae | Harpalus | Harpalus faunus | 1 |
Carabidae | Harpalus | Harpalus katiae | 1 |
Carabidae | Harpalus | Harpalus pensylvanicus | 5 |
Carabidae | Lebia | Lebia analis | 1 |
Carabidae | Lebia | Lebia marginicollis | 1 |
Carabidae | Lebia | Lebia viridis | 37 |
Carabidae | Lophoglossus | Lophoglossus haldemanni | 1 |
Carabidae | Mioptachys | Mioptachys flavicauda | 12 |
Carabidae | Notiophilus | Notiophilus novemstriatus | 67 |
Carabidae | Platynus | Platynus decentis | 9 |
Carabidae | Platynus | Platynus parmarginatus | 2 |
Carabidae | Plochionus | Plochionus timidus | 2 |
Carabidae | Pterostichus | Pterostichus permundus | 105 |
Carabidae | Pterostichus | Pterostichus punctiventris | 11 |
Carabidae | Rhadine | Rhadine ozarkensis | 1 |
Carabidae | Scaphinotus | Scaphinotus unicolor | 4 |
Carabidae | Scaphinotus | Scaphinotus fissicollis | 12 |
Carabidae | Scaphinotus | Scaphinotus infletus | 1 |
Carabidae | Selenophorus | Selenophorus ellipticus | 4 |
Carabidae | Selenophorus | Selenophorus gagatinus | 8 |
Carabidae | Selenophorus | Selenophorus opalinus | 1 |
Carabidae | Stenolophus | Stenolophus ochropezus | 5 |
Carabidae | Synuchus | Synuchus impunctatus* | 3 |
Carabidae | Tachyta | Tachyta parvicornis | 3 |
Carabidae | Tachys | Tachys columbiensis | 4 |
Carabidae | Tachys | Tachys oblitus | 2 |
Carabidae | Trichotichnus | Trichotichnus autumnalis | 176 |
Carabidae | Trichotichnus | Trichotichnus fulgens | 11 |
Carabidae | Trichotichnus | Trichotichnus vulpeculus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Aegomorphus | Aegomorphus modestus | 8 |
Cerambycidae | Aegormorphus | Aegormorphus quadrigibbus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Anelaphus | Anelaphus parallelus | 162 |
Cerambycidae | Anelaphus | Anelaphus pumilus | 4 |
Cerambycidae | Astyleiopus | Astyleiopus variegatus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Astylidius | Astylidius parvus | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Astylopsis | Astylopsis macula | 4 |
Cerambycidae | Astylopsis | Astylopsis sexguttata | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Bellamira | Bellamira scalaris | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Brachyleptura | Brachyleptura champlaini | 5 |
Cerambycidae | Callimoxys | Callimoxys sanguinicollis | 4 |
Cerambycidae | Centrodera | Centrodera sublineata | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Clytoleptus | Clytoleptus albofasciatus | 6 |
Cerambycidae | Cyrtinus | Cyrtinus pygmaeus | 5 |
Cerambycidae | Cyrtophorus | Cyrtophorus verrucosus | 17 |
Cerambycidae | Dorcaschema | Dorcaschema alternatum | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Dorcaschema | Dorcaschema cinereum | 15 |
Cerambycidae | Dorcaschema | Dorcaschema nigrum | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Dorcaschema | Dorcaschema wildii | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Eburia | Eburia quadrigeminata | 7 |
Cerambycidae | Ecyrus | Ecyrus dasycerus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Elytrimitatrix | Elytrimitatrix undata | 30 |
Cerambycidae | Elaphidion | Elaphidion mucronatum | 196 |
Cerambycidae | Enaphalodes | Enaphalodes rufulus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Euderces | Euderces reichei | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Euderces | Euderces picipes | 5 |
Cerambycidae | Euderces | Euderces pini | 3 |
Cerambycidae | Eupogonius | Eupogonius pauper | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Gaurotes | Gaurotes cyanipennis | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Graphisurus | Graphisurus despectus | 8 |
Cerambycidae | Graphisurus | Graphisurus fasciatus | 10 |
Cerambycidae | Heterachthes | Heterachthes quadrimaculatus | 18 |
Cerambycidae | Hyperplatys | Hyperplatys maculata | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Knulliana | Knulliana cincta | 10 |
Cerambycidae | Leptostylus | Leptostylus transversus | 18 |
Cerambycidae | Lepturges | Lepturges angulatus | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Lepturges | Lepturges confluens | 9 |
Cerambycidae | Micranoplium | Micranoplium unicolor | 3 |
Cerambycidae | Molorchus | Molorchus bimaculatus | 65 |
Cerambycidae | Monochamus | Monochamus titillator | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus acuminatus | 60 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus caprea | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus horridus | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus jouteli | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus mucronatus | 133 |
Cerambycidae | Neoclytus | Neoclytus scutellaris | 129 |
Cerambycidae | Necydalis | Necydalis mellita | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Oberea | Oberea ulmicola | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Obrium | Obrium maculatum | 10 |
Cerambycidae | Oncideres | Oncideres cingulata | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Orthosoma | Orthosoma brunneum | 7 |
Cerambycidae | Parelaphidion | Parelaphidion aspersum | 7 |
Cerambycidae | Phymatodes | Phymatodes amoenus | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Phymatodes | Phymatodes testaceus | 8 |
Cerambycidae | Phymatodes | Phymatodes varius | 4 |
Cerambycidae | Physocnemum | Physocnemum brevilineum | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Prionus | Prionus imbricornis | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Purpuricenus | Purpuricenus humeralis | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Purpuricenus | Purpuricenus paraxillaris | 13 |
Cerambycidae | Saperda | Saperda discoidea | 9 |
Cerambycidae | Saperda | Saperda imitans | 29 |
Cerambycidae | Saperda | Saperda lateralis | 9 |
Cerambycidae | Saperda | Saperda tridentata | 3 |
Cerambycidae | Sarosesthes | Sarosesthes fulminans | 5 |
Cerambycidae | Stenelytrana | Stenelytrana emarginata | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Stenocorus | Stenocorus cinnamopterus | 7 |
Cerambycidae | Stenosphenus | Stenosphenus notatus | 73 |
Cerambycidae | Sternidius | Sternidius alpha | 6 |
Cerambycidae | Strangalepta | Strangalepta abbreviata | 1 |
Cerambycidae | Strangalia | Strangalia bicolor | 31 |
Cerambycidae | Strangalia | Strangalia luteicornis | 205 |
Cerambycidae | Strophiona | Strophiona nitens | 24 |
Cerambycidae | Tilloclytus | Tilloclytus geminatus | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Trachysida | Trachysida mutabilis | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Trigonarthris | Trigonarthris minnesotana | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Trigonarthris | Trigonarthris proxima | 3 |
Cerambycidae | Typocerus | Typocerus lugubris | 2 |
Cerambycidae | Typocerus | Typocerus velutinus | 46 |
Cerambycidae | Typocerus | Typocerus zebra | 5 |
Cerambycidae | Urgleptes | Urgleptes querci | 28 |
Cerambycidae | Urgleptes | Urgleptes signatus | 9 |
Cerambycidae | Xylotrechus | Xylotrechus colonus | 360 |
Curculionidae | Acalles | Acalles carinatus | 11 |
Curculionidae | Acalles | Acalles clavatus* | 5 |
Curculionidae | Acalles | Acalles minutissimus* | 5 |
Curculionidae | Acoptus | Acoptus suturalis* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Anthonomus | Anthonomus juniperinus* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Anthonomus | Anthonomus nigrinus | 3 |
Curculionidae | Anthonomus | Anthonomus rufipennis | 5 |
Curculionidae | Anthonomus | Anthonomus suturalis | 22 |
Curculionidae | Aphanommata | Aphanommata tenuis | 9 |
Curculionidae | Apteromechus | Apteromechus ferratus | 600 |
Curculionidae | Anametis | Anametis granulata* | 5 |
Curculionidae | Auleutes | Auleutes nebulosus complex | 2 |
Curculionidae | Buchananius | Buchananius sulcatus | 4 |
Curculionidae | Canistes | Canistes schusteri | 26 |
Curculionidae | Caulophilus | Caulophilus dubius | 1 |
Curculionidae | Cercopeus | Cercopeus chrysorrhoeus | 560 |
Curculionidae | Chalcodermus | Chalcodermus inaequicollis | 1 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus affinis | 9 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus anaglypticus | 39 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus aratus | 162 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus carinifer | 56 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus elegans | 44 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus naso | 130 |
Curculionidae | Conotrachelus | Conotrachelus posticatus | 979 |
Curculionidae | Cophes | Cophes fallax | 73 |
Curculionidae | Cophes | Cophes obtentus | 1 |
Curculionidae | Cossonus | Cossonus impressifrons | 12 |
Curculionidae | Craponius | Craponius inaequalis | 1 |
Curculionidae | Cryptorhynchus | Cryptorhynchus fuscatus | 6 |
Curculionidae | Cryptorhynchus | Cryptorhynchus tristis | 168 |
Curculionidae | Curculio | Curculio othorhynchus | 1 |
Curculionidae | Cyrtepistomus | Cyrtepistomus castaneus | 133 |
Curculionidae | Dichoxenus | Dichoxenus setiger | 76 |
Curculionidae | Dietzella | Dietzella zimmermanni | 1 |
Curculionidae | Dryophthorus | Dryophthorus americanus | 30 |
Curculionidae | Epacalles | Epacalles inflatus | 65 |
Curculionidae | Eubulus | Eubulus bisignatus | 28 |
Curculionidae | Eubulus | Eubulus obliquefasciatus | 193 |
Curculionidae | Eudociminus | Eudociminus mannerheimii* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Eurhoptus | Eurhoptus sp. 1 | 28 |
Curculionidae | Eurhoptus | Eurhoptus pyriformis | 15 |
Curculionidae | Geraeus | Geraeus penicillus | 1 |
Curculionidae | Hypera | Hypera compta | 4 |
Curculionidae | Hypera | Hypera meles | 19 |
Curculionidae | Hypera | Hypera nigrirostris | 1 |
Curculionidae | Hypera | Hypera postica | 1 |
Curculionidae | Idiostethus | Idiostethus subcalvus* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Laemosaccus | Laemosaccus nephele complex | 3 |
Curculionidae | Leichrops | Lechriops oculatus | 30 |
Curculionidae | Lymantes | Lymantes sandersoni | 1 |
Curculionidae | Madarellus | Madarellus undulatus* | 9 |
Curculionidae | Magdalis | Magdalis armicollis* | 3 |
Curculionidae | Magdalis | Magdalis barbita* | 5 |
Curculionidae | Mecinus | Mecinus pascuorum* | 2 |
Curculionidae | Myrmex | Myrmex chevrolatii* | 7 |
Curculionidae | Myrmex | Myrmex myrmex* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Nicentrus | Nicentrus lecontei* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Oopterinus | Oopterinus perforatus | 17 |
Curculionidae | Otiorhynchus | Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus* | 46 |
Curculionidae | Pandeletius | Pandeletius hilaris | 51 |
Curculionidae | Piazorhinus | Piazorhinus pictus* | 2 |
Curculionidae | Phyllotrox | Phyllotrox ferrugineus* | 20 |
Curculionidae | Plocamus | Plocamus hispidulus* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Pseudobaris | Pseudobaris nigrina* | 9 |
Curculionidae | Pseudopentarthrum | Pseudopentarthrum simplex* | 13 |
Curculionidae | Rhinoncus | Rhinoncus pericarpius* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Sitona | Sitona lineatus* | 1 |
Curculionidae | Stenoscelis | Stenoscelis brevis* | 4 |
Curculionidae | Tachyerges | Tachyerges niger | 1 |
Curculionidae | Tomolips | Tomolips quercicola* | 2 |
Curculionidae | Tychius | Tychius prolixus | 7 |
Curculionidae | Tyloderma | Tyloderma foveolatum | 1 |
Thirty one species (12%) collected during this study represent new Arkansas state records: (Buprestidae) Actenodes acornis, Agrilus cephalicus, Agrilus ohioensis, Agrilus paracelti, Taphrocerus nicolayi; (Carabidae) Agonum punctiforme, Synuchus impunctatus; (Curculionidae) Acalles clavatus, Acalles minutissimus, Acoptus suturalis, Anthonomus juniperinus, Anametis granulata, Eudociminus mannerheimii, Idiostethus subcalvus, Madarellus undulatus, Magdalis armicollis, Magdalis barbita, Mecinus pascuorum, Myrmex chevrolatii, Myrmex myrmex, Nicentrus lecontei, Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus, Piazorhinus pictus, Phyllotrox ferrugineus, Plocamus hispidulus, Pseudobaris nigrina, Pseudopentarthrum simplex, Rhinoncus pericarpius, Sitona lineatus, Stenoscelis brevis, Tomolips quericola.
Three endemic carabids – Cyclotrachelus parasodalis, Rhadine ozarkensis, Scaphinotus infletus – were also collected.
Agrilus ohioensis (Buprestidae) has been recorded from many eastern states, but is rarely collected. Larvae have been reported from American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana Walter, (
Agonum punctiforme (Carabidae) occurs from North Carolina to southeastern Texas, with a record from Missouri that "needs confirmed", and Amara cupreolata has been previously recorded in Arkansas but "the record needs confirmation" (
Cyclotrachelus parasodalis (Carabidae) is an Arkansas endemic which has only been reported in the literature a handful of times, including the original description and description of the larvae (
Rhadine ozarkensis (Carabidae) is previously known only from the type series collected in Fincher’s Cave, near Black Oak, Arkansas (Washington County, not Craighead County) (
Pterostichus punctiventris (Carabidae) ranges from northern Georgia south to Alabama west to east-central Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and Texas (
Scaphinotus infletus (Carabidae) is known from only three specimens collected from three localities within 30 km of the study site (
Synuchus impunctatus (Carabidae) is known from Missouri and Kansas, but has not previously been recorded from Arkansas (
Tachys columbiensis (Carabidae) was thought to be confined to the Coastal Plain and Piedmont Plateau, ranging from southeastern Pennsylvania to southern Florida west to Mississippi and eastern Texas, though it has also been recorded from central Arkansas (Pulaski and Garland Counties) (
Trichotichnus vulpeculus (Carabidae) is recorded from western New Brunswick south to eastern Georgia, west to Wisconsin and northern Arkansas (
Acalles clavatus (Curculionidae) was previously known from Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana (
Acoptus suturalis (Curculionidae) is known from northeastern North America, from Quebec south to North Carolina and Illinois and Iowa; addition records are known from Georgia and Mexico (
Anametis granulata (Curculionidae) is found in northern and eastern North America, from Newfoundland and Quebec, south to New Jersey, west to Missouri, Wyoming and Montana; additional specimens are known from Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico (
Anthonomus juniperinus (Curculionidae) is known from the eastern United States, from Massachusetts south to Florida, west to West Virginia, as well as Texas, Oregon, and Paget, Bermuda (
Buchananius sulcatus (Curculionidae) is widely distributed in the eastern and southeastern United States (
Caulophilus dubius (Curculionidae) is known from Quebec and New York south to Georgia, west to Illinois and and Mississippi, as well as Texas (
Eubulus bisignatus (Curculionidae) is widespread in eastern and southern North America, ranging from Ontario south to Florida, west to Nebraska, Texas, Arizona, and California; it is also recorded from Mexico and Guatamala. It was not recorded from Arkansas by
Eubulus obliquefasciatus (Curculionidae) is commonly collected in flight-intercept traps and at lights. Adults have been collected on dead oak and sweetgum; otherwise, nothing is known about their biology (
The Eudociminus mannerheimii (Curculionidae) specimen collected during this study was included with other specimens collected near the field site in a forthcoming publication (Skvarla et al. in press) that suggests eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) as a possible host as it is the only species of Cupressaceae present at the site. Additionally, the specimens represented a new state record and northwestern range expansion from previous records.
Idiostethus subcalvus (Curculionidae) is found from Pennsylvania south to South Carolina, west to Illinois and Missouri (
Madarellus undulatus (Curculionidae) is found in eastern North America, from Quebec and Connecticut south to Florida, west to South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri (
Magdalis armicollis (Curculionidae) is found in the eastern United States from Connecticut south to Georgia, west to North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, and Texas (
Magdalis barbita (Curculionidae) is found in North Ameica from Conneticut and Ontario south to Georgia, west to Montana, Texas, Nevada, and California (
Myrmex myrmex (Curculionidae) is native to the eastern United States, from Conneticut south to Florida, west to Indiana and Iowa (
Notiodes limatulus (Curculionidae) is widespread in North Ameica, ranging from New York south to Georgia, west to Idaho, Texas, and California, and into Mexico. It was not recorded in Arkansas by
Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Curculionidae) is adventive from Europe and has been established in North America since 1876; it is now widespread through the United States and Canada (
Rhinoncus pericarpius (Curculionidae) is adventive from the Palaerctic (
Stenoscelis brevis (Curculionidae) is widespread is eastern North America, from Ontario and Quebec south to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas, and Mississippi (
Tachyerges niger (Curculionidae) was not reported from Arkansas by
Tychius picirostris (Curculionidae) is adventive from Europe and widely established in North America (
It is unsurprising that few Carabidae represented new state records as carabid workers formerly associated with the University of Arkansas (e.g., R. T. Allen, C. E. Carlton, R. G. Thompson) have thoroughly surveyed the region. Conversely, nearly one in five Buprestidae (19%) and one in three Curculionidae (32%) collected during this study represent new state records. Such high percentages of unrecorded species in charismatic and diverse taxa highlights how little attention many groups have received in the state and how much basic science and natural history is left to be done in 'The Natural State'.
Buprestids are capable of flying between habitat patches and rapidly colonizing new areas, so it is unlikely that new species will be discovered even though buprestids are understudied in the Interior Highlands. However, considering the high number of endemic species that are restricted to leaf litter habitats or are poor dispersers, how relatively understudied leaf litter weevils are, and that known but undescribed species were collected during this study, it is likely that the Interior Highlands is a fruitful area for finding new and disjunct weevil species.
We thank Peter Messer for confirming the identity of Rhadine ozarkensis and other carabids; Robert Anderson for confirming the identity of Eurhoptus species; Ted MacRae for confirming new buprestid state records; and Hailey Higgins for curating and identifying cerambycid specimens. This project and the preparation of this publication was funded in part by the State Wildlife Grants Program (Grant # T39-05) of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through an agreement with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Michael Skvarla performed all responsibilities associated with collecting the specimens, including trap maintenance and sample collection; sorted samples; identified all the majority of non-buprestid specimens; and prepared the manuscript. Danielle Fisher sorted samples, coarse-sorted specimens to higher taxa (family/genus), and identified some specimens to species. Kyle Schnepp identified the Buprestidae and commented on the manuscript prior to submission. Ashley Dowling supervised the lab in which M. Skvarla and D. Fisher performed the work, provided financial support by securing funding, and commented on the manuscript prior to submission.