{"id":183,"date":"2018-07-17T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/carpophiline-id\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2021-01-20T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T11:42:12","slug":"carpophilus-corticinus-erichson-1843","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/carpophiline-id\/carpophilus-corticinus-erichson-1843\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpophilus corticinus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Species Fact Sheet<\/strong>
Carpophilus corticinus <\/em>Erichson, 1843<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Figure 1. Male dorsal and lateral habitus<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Diagnosis: <\/strong>Carpophilus corticinus<\/em> specimens are distinguished from other eastern North American species by having the following combination of features: length measured from mandibles to abdominal apex 2.5-2.9 mm, antennomere coloration abruptly or gradually darker at club, pronotum posterior angles nearly forming a 90 degree angle, and posterior rim of mesocoxal cavities smooth, not forming an axillary space.<\/p>\n

Distribution: <\/strong>Carpophilus corticinus <\/em>is found in eastern North America from New York to Georgia and west from Wisconsin to Texas.<\/p>\n

Biology: <\/strong>Not much is known about the biology of C. corticinus<\/em>. It is thought to be associated with wounds on trees (Connell 1956) and has been collected on rotting melon, fallen peaches, fermenting molasses, flowers of Prunus americana<\/em>, under the bark of Quercus sp.<\/em>, sap flows from Quercus sp.<\/em>, and recently cut Acer sp.<\/em> (Connell 1956; Price and Young 2006). It has also been trapped using bananas, melons, and brown sugar with bread dough (Price and Young 2006).<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong>
Connell WA (1956) – adult description, key to adults, and collection records
Price MB, Young DK (2006) – collection records<\/p>\n\n\n

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