Abstract
The longhorn beetle fauna of Kentucky has long been overlooked in the literature with revisions and historic publications reporting few records from the state. Here, we document the occurrence of 222 species of Cerambycidae in Kentucky, with 140 new state records. For each species, we summarize its distribution (overall and in the state), the counties, years, and months in which it has been collected, collecting methods, what collections house the specimens, larval host plants, adult flower visitation, chemical lure attraction, recent taxonomic changes, and other pertinent information about the species. Using this dataset, the bias-corrected Chao1 species richness estimator predicted that 241 species should be found in Kentucky, indicating that our sampling is nearly comprehensive. Additionally, we provide a list of 42 species that have been found in at least one neighboring state and the distance from the closest record of the species to Kentucky; among this candidate list are 11 species known from within 50 km of the state. This checklist remedies the historical oversight of Kentucky cerambycid diversity in the literature, and we hope it will serve as a resource for future collectors, particularly the information on chemical lure attraction, which has not been summarized to this extent for any other state to date.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-89 |
| Number of pages | 89 |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 5229 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 18 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © 2023 Magnolia Press.
Funding
We thank all the curators and collections managers at the museums that hosted us while we scanned their collections for Kentucky specimens including Ann Ray (Xavier University), Adam M. Baker (AMBC), Paul D. Baker (PDBC), John M. Leavengood, Jr. (JMLC), Bob Androw (CMNH), T. Keith Phillips (WKU), Raul T. Villanueva (UK Princeton), Kristen B. Simpson (UMRM), and Heather L. Farrington (CNHM). We thank Luciana Musetti (OSUC) for attempting to locate Kentucky specimens in the OSUC while it is closed to the public. We thank Tommy C. McElrath (INHS), Kyle E. Schnepp (FSCA), and Eugenio H. Nearns (USNM—USDA-APHIS) for locating and sending specimen info when there were questions about certain species. We thank Neil S. Cobb (SCAN) for helping us get our collections established on SCAN and databasing advice. A special thank you to Lawrence M. Hanks (University of Illinois) for providing lures, traps, and advice over the years. We thank Robert A. Androw (CMNH) and John M. Leavengood, Jr for reviewing this manuscript. Lastly, a very special thank you to Robert A. Androw and Steven W. Lingafelter (USDA-APHIS) for providing endless advice over the years on collecting and identifying species in this fascinating group of beetles. This research was supported by USDA-NIFA HATCH (Project KY008091 to JRD). We thank all the curators and collections managers at the museums that hosted us while we scanned their collections for Kentucky specimens including Ann Ray (Xavier University), Adam M. Baker (AMBC), Paul D. Baker (PDBC), John M. Leavengood, Jr. (JMLC), Bob Androw (CMNH), T. Keith Phillips (WKU), Raul T. Villanueva (UK Princeton), Kristen B. Simpson (UMRM), and Heather L. Farrington (CNHM). We thank Luciana Musetti (OSUC) for attempting to locate Kentucky specimens in the OSUC while it is closed to the public. We thank Tommy C. McElrath (INHS), Kyle E. Schnepp (FSCA), and Eugenio H. Nearns (USNM-USDA-APHIS) for locating and sending specimen info when there were questions about certain species. We thank Neil S. Cobb (SCAN) for helping us get our collections established on SCAN and databasing advice. A special thank you to Lawrence M. Hanks (University of Illinois) for providing lures, traps, and advice over the years. We thank Robert A. Androw (CMNH) and John M. Leavengood, Jr for reviewing this manuscript. Lastly, a very special thank you to Robert A. Androw and Steven W. Lingafelter (USDA-APHIS) for providing endless advice over the years on collecting and identifying species in this fascinating group of beetles. This research was supported by USDA-NIFA HATCH (Project KY008091 to JRD).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Eugenio H. Nearns | |
| JMLC | |
| Luciana Musetti | |
| OSUC | |
| USNM-USDA-APHIS | |
| St. Francis Xavier University | |
| US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative | KY008091 |
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| Illinois Natural History Survey |
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- checklist
- host plant
- regional fauna
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology