75 Records

Staines' 1984 checklist listed the species from St. Mary’s and Somerset Counties, but most recent records we know of have come from St. Mary's County. We also received records from Charles County and Dorchester County (June 2017). It might be found in Calvert or other lower Eastern Shore counties as well. Maryland DNR lists the species as "status uncertain", meaning that it may be of special concern, but there has not been enough data collected to determine the status in Maryland. Found in deciduous forests in the eastern U.S.

Males are massive with distinctive, elongated mandibles. Females can be identified via shape of the labrum (central area between the mandibles), which is "only pointed and triangular in females of this species. Females of L. capreolus or L. placidus have this structure blunt and truncated (never pointed)" (MJ Paulsen via BugGuide, 2006).