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One Hundred Beetles from Latimer County, OK
Karl Heinz Stephan (1931-2005) was a most extraordinary beetle collector, naturalist, and scholar who lived outside the small town of Red
Oak in Latimer County
of east Oklahoma (Map). Karl collected in rural Latimer Co. for 30 yrs and
amassed an astounding collection of over 3,500 beetle species, which makes this county one of the most thoroughly documented pieces of real estate in the U.S. for beetle diversity. (Carlton et al. 2005)
The vast majority of Karl's Latimer Co. specimens were donated to the Texas A&M Insect Collection (TAMUIC), but a partial synoptic set of over 900 species was compiled in 2002 and donated to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. (Karl's synoptic collection occupies three 15-drawer cabinets within the SNOMNH collection.) Karl also made donated thousands of specimens annually to the Museum of Entomology, Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)
at Gainesville, FL. In addition, Karl left 20 Cornell drawers of determined beetles at the Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, OK where he taught entomology.
A fraction of Karl's Latimer county specimens
are presented here. (Those with an off-white background are from
the FSCA.)
Rhysodidae - Wrinkled Bark Beetles
Carabidae - Ground Beetles
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Haliplidae - Crawling Water Beetles
Dytiscidae - Predaceous Diving Beetles
Histeridae - Clown Beetles
Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles
Lucanidae - Stag Beetles
Eucinetidae - Plate-thigh Beetles
Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
Byrrhidae - Pill or Moss Beetles
Psephenidae - Water Penny Beetles
Callirhipidae - Callirhipid Cedar Beetles
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Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles
Cerophytidae - Rare Click Beetles
Eucnemidae - False Click Beetles
Elateridae - Click Beetles
Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles
Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles
Bostrichidae - Horned Powder-post Beetles
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Trogossitidae - Bark-gnawing Beetles
Cleridae - Checkered Beetles
Nitidulidae - Sap-feeding Beetles
Monotomidae - Root-eating Beetles
Silvanidae - Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles
Passandridae - Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles
Laemophloeidae - Lined Flat Bark Beetles
Phalacridae - Shining Flower Beetles
Erotylidae - Pleasing Fungus Beetles
Byturidae - Fruitworm Beetles
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Biphyllidae - False Skin Beetles
Bothrideridae - Dry Bark Beetles
Endomychidae - Handsome Fungus Beetles
Coccinellidae - Ladybird Beetles
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Mycetophagidae - Hairy Fungus Beetles
Ciidae - Minute Tree-fungus Beetles
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Zopheridae - Ironclad Beetles
Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles
Salpingidae - Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles
Anthicidae - Antlike Flower Beetles
Cerambycidae - Longhorned Beetles
Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles
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Anthribidae - Fungus Weevils
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Curculionidae - Snout and Bark Beetles
Reference:
Christopher
E. Carlton, Donald S. Chandler, Richard A. B.
Leschen, Edward G. Riley, and Paul E. Skelley 2005.
Obituary and Dedication. Karl Heinz Stephan 1931-2005. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 59(3): 277-283. (BioOne)
May 20, 2013 © Mike
Quinn / entomike@gmail.com
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