@article{c3a559d2e77b4e90833c16a9a8379c65,
title = "Undocumented beetle diversity in the Southeastern United States: a case study of the minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera: Monotomidae)",
abstract = "Studies of the saproxylic and predatory beetle family Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in the southeastern USA increased the known diversity for the family in the state of Georgia by one genus and nine species. Online records of Monotomidae from Georgia increased from 0 to 885. This work highlights the lack of basic diversity information about small beetles that inhabit wood, leaf litter, and other decaying plant matter in this region.",
keywords = "INHS, Faunistics, Root-eating beetles, Southeastern coastal plain, Biodiversity, Hotspot, New state records",
author = "Mcelrath, {Thomas C.} and Mchugh, {Joseph V.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank individuals who collected monotomids in Georgia and made them available to us, especially DR Miller, RH Turnbow, Jr., MD Ulyshen, and WB Sikora. We thank the following undergraduate interns and persons who assisted with mounting, labeling, and databasing efforts: Brandon Cochran, Shelby Ford, Thuy Le, Karen McElrath, Terry McHugh, Kelsey McShane, Jennifer Parelli. We thank those who assisted with specimen loans: Stylianos Chatzimanolis (UTIC), Robert Davidson (CMNH), E. Richard Hoebeke (UGCA), Luciana Musetti (OSUC), Kyle Schnepp (FSCA), and Paul Skelley (FSCA). The authors appreciate technical assistance with Symbiota and SCAN provided by NM Franz. Matthew Gimmel, Michael Ferro, and three anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments and criticism on an earlier version of this manuscript. The first author thanks his advisory committee members KJK Gandhi, JV McHugh, and KG Ross. This project was supported by the UGCA, HO Lund Club, and UGA Department of Entomology. This project was indirectly funded by a Hatch Grant (to JVM), an HH Ross Grant (to TCM), and an Ernst Mayr Travel Grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology (to TCM). This study was done in partial fulfillment of the first author{\textquoteright}s Ph.D. dissertation requirements at the University of Georgia. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2018 Magnolia Press. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "7",
doi = "10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4472",
pages = "127--140",
journal = "Zootaxa",
issn = "1175-5334",
publisher = "Magnolia Press",
number = "1",
}