Maryland Biodiversity Project - No Common Name (Platydracus cupripennis)

No Common Name Platydracus cupripennis (Melsheimer, 1844)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Staphylinidae > Genus Platydracus Platydracus cupripennis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/20332

Widespread in eastern North America, where it is found in woodlands, especially under loose bark of dead hardwoods (BugGuide, 2020).

There is 1 record in the project database.

A Platydracus cupripennis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2017). Determined by Boris Buche/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Platydracus cupripennis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2017). Determined by Boris Büche/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

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