Silvanus muticus Sharp, 1899 Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: six individuals from six sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 26 August 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America. Saproxylic habits. Adults occur under bark of various trees (pine, maple, oak, chestnut, and juniper (Juniperus )), likely feeding on fungal spores (Halstead 1973); emerged and collected from loblolly pine and southern red oak logs throughout decomposition (Gil 2008; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010), as well as hardwood twigs (Ferro and Nguyen 2016); associated with deadwood in upland forests (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).

Published as part of Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, pp. 1-95 in ZooKeys 1232 on pages 1-95, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989