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Endomychus biguttatus Say (Endomychidae), a handsome fungus beetle
Checklist of Coleoptera Known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Coleoptera Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) at the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
Christopher Carlton, TWIG Coodinator
Information contained on the list includes, family, subfamily (in part), genus and species, a comment line, source(s) of the record, and references to publications dealing with GSMNP beetles. In cases of species for which numerous sources of records are available, usually only the initial record is given.
If you have records that need to be included on updated versions of the list, please send us the complete species name, including author, the family it belongs in, and the source of the record and/or location of authoritatively identified specimens. Also, there are undoubtedly errors in some of the entries, and I would appreciate having those called to my attention. Questionable determinations will be noted in the comment line, but the records will not be removed until the mistake is confirmed and/or corrected. Feel free to save and sections of the Excel file and send me updated versions, but PLEASE, if you do so, flag the new records so I can review them prior to posting (e.g., "NEW RECORD" or "CORRECTION", etc.).
Families and subfamilies recognized in the checklist for the most part are those given by Lawrence and Newton (1995). Total number of species in a given family is indicated by the number at the first entry for that family.
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Coleoptera species count as of 16 February 2005 is 1665.
Acronyms used in checklist for identifiers and institutions (see also bibliography list): Other Coleoptera lists: The
list presented here does not include species from regional lists that might
be expected to occur in the park. These include species documented from the
states (i.e., North Carolina and Tennessee) where GSMNP is located or
from adjacent areas of the southern Appalachians but are not necessarily based
on specimens collected within the park. I am aware of two such lists:
Carabidae,
compiled by Terry Erwin. Chrysomelidae, Identification Guide to
the Leaf Beetles of Great Smoky Mountain National Park by Edward G. Riley Scarabaeidae,
compiled by Philip Harpootlian [Return to LSAM][Back to GSMNP page]
[GSMNP Coleoptera Bibliography
of References Cited in the Checklist]
ABS=Andrew B. Smith, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
AFN=Alfred F. Newton, Jr., Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
AJM=Adriean J. Mayor, Great Smoky Mountain National Park
AKT=Alexey Tishechkin, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Baton Rouge
ARC=Andrew R. Cline, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
AVE=Arthur V. Evans, Richmond, VA
CBB=Cheryl B. Barr, University of California, Berkeley
CEC=Chris E. Carlton, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
CLS=Charles L. Staines, U. S. National Museum, Washington, DC
CMN=Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON
DSC=Donald S. Chandler, University of New Hampshire, Durham
FWS=Floyd W. Shockley, University of Georgia, Athens
EGR=Edward G. Riley, Texas A&M University, College Station
IMS=Igor M. Sokolov, St. Petersburg, Russia
JK=Jan Klimaszewski, Canadian Forest Service, Sainte-Foy, PQ
JPG=Jeffrey P. Gruber, University of Wisconsin, Madison
JSA=James S. Ashe, University of Kansas, Lawrence
GSMNP=Great Smoky Mountain National Park
LSAM=Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
MJP=Matt Paulsen, University of Nebraska Museum, Lincoln
MSC=Michael S. Caterino, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara
PES=Paul E. Skelley, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville
PWK=Peter Kovarik, The Ohio State University, Columbus
QDW=Quentin D. Wheeler, The Natural History Museum, London
RAB=Richard A. B. Leschen, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
RSA=Robert S. Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature
SSK=Sergey Kazantsev, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
STO=Sean O'Keefe, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
SWL=Steven W. Lingafelter, USDA/Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
TCM=Ted C. MacRae, Monsanto Corp., St. Louis, MO
VIG=Vladimir I. Gusarov, University of Kansas, Lawrence
VLM=Victoria Moseley Bayless, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum