Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
Author
Pollock, Darren A.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1248
45
68
journal article
50600
10.5281/zenodo.172970
6e472142-48ad-4d80-b2ab-00326f40eb31
11755326
172970
Anaspis flavipennis
Haldeman
NOVA
SCOTIA
:
119 specimens
examined from Annapolis, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, and Victoria counties. The earliest records are from 1965 (
Lunenburg Co.:
Lunenburg,
19.vi.1965
, B. Wright, NSMC; Lunenburg,
20.vi.1965
, NSNR,
2 specimens
, NSMC; Lunenburg,
30.vi.1965
, B. Wright,
4 specimens
, NSMC).
Colchester Co.:
Truro,
July 26, 19
xx, R. Matheson,
Liljeblad (1945)
.
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
: Queens Co.:
St. Patricks,
25.vi.2003
, C.G. Majka, CGMC.
Newly recorded in Nova
Scotia
and Prince Edward Island. Although
Liljeblad (1945)
indicated a specimen from Nova
Scotia
(above) this record appears to have escaped the attention of
LeSage (1991d)
and the species was not included in the Nova
Scotia
fauna. Larvae of
Anaspis
occur under loose tree bark (Hatch 1965). In Nova
Scotia
, found only in coniferous (
Picea rubens
,
P. mariana
,
Tsuga canadensis
,
Pinus strobus
, and
Abies balsamaea
) forests.