title: Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Ozark Mountains are a region with high endemism and biodiversity, yet few invertebrate inventories have been made and few sites extensively studied. We surveyed a site near Steel Creek Campground, along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, using twelve trap types - Malaise traps, canopy traps (upper and lower collector), Lindgren multifunnel traps (black, green, and purple), pan traps (blue, purple, red, white, and yellow), and pitfall traps - and Berlese-Tullgren extraction for eight and half months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provide collection records of beetle species belonging to eight families collected at the site. Thirty one species represent new state records: (Buprestidae) Actenodes acornis, Agrilus cephalicus, Agrilus ohioensis, Agrilus paracelti, Taphrocerus nicolayi; (Carabidae) Agonum punctiforme, Synuchus impunctatus; (Curculionidae) Acalles clavatus, Acalles minutissimus, Acoptus suturalis, Anthonomus juniperinus, Anametis granulata, Idiostethus subcalvus, Eudociminus mannerheimii, Madarellus undulatus, Magdalis armicollis, Magdalis barbita, Mecinus pascuorum, Myrmex chevrolatii, Myrmex myrmex, Nicentrus lecontei, Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus, Piazorhinus pictus, Phyllotrox ferrugineus, Plocamus hispidulus, Pseudobaris nigrina, Pseudopentarthrum simplex, Rhinoncus pericarpius, Sitona lineatus, Stenoscelis brevis, Tomolips quericola. Additionally, three endemic carabids, two of which are known only from the type series, were collected.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States of America.
authors.forename: Michael Joseph
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Skvarla
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States of America.
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, United States of America.
authors.forename: Kyle E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Schnepp
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ashley P G
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dowling
keywords: Anthribidae; Attelabidae; Boston Mountains; Brachyceridae; Brentidae; Buprestidae; Carabidae; Cerambycidae; Curculionidae; Interior Highlands; endemic; range expansion; state record