The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Langor, David
Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada
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Leiodes collaris
(LeConte, 1850)
LABRADOR:
Wahnahnish Lake
near
Wabush
,
15-17.VII.1981
, M. Colbo and D.J. Larson, (11,
MUN
).
NEWFOUNDLAND:
Gambo,
25.VIII.1949
,
E. Palmen
, (1,
MZHF
)
;
Kitty’s Brook
,
18.VIII.1949
,
E. Palmen
, MZHF
;
Come-by-Chance
,
27.VIII.1949
,
E. Palmen
, (1,
MZHF
)
.
Fig. 4.
Distribution of
Leiodes assimilis
,
Leiodes collaris
,
Leiodes punctostriata
.
Leiodes strigata
,
and
Leiodes valida
in the Atlantic Provinces. Some locations in Labrador are not shown.
Leiodes collaris
was recorded from Labrador,
New Brunswick
, and Newfoundland by
Baranowski (1993)
(
Fig. 4
). It is found in open country, especially on sandy or gravelly soils with low vegetation (
Baranowski 1993
).