Two Beetles New to Virginia (Coleoptera: Cantharidae, Erotylidae)
Steury BW. 2020. Two Beetles New to Virginia (Coleoptera: Cantharidae, Erotylidae). Banisteria. 54:50-51
Malaise traps set along Little Hunting Creek in 2017 and 2018 on lands managed by the National Park Service as part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway captured two beetle species (Cryptophilus obliteratus and Tytthonyx erythrocephala) previously undocumented from Virginia. Specimens are deposited in the collection maintained at the Turkey Run Park Headquarters in McLean, Virginia. These two captures are discussed below.