The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-03
1573
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1
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Dorcatoma pallicornis
LeConte, 1874
NEW BRUNSWICK
:
Gloucester Co.
:
Bathurst,
15.vii.1939
,
W.J. Brown
,
CNC
.
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Colchester Co.:
Kemptown
,
13.vii.1995
,
C. Corkum
, young deciduous forest,
NSMC
;
Halifax Co.
:
Anti Dam Lake
,
15-30.vi.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, black spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
,
NSMC
;
Big Indian Lake
,
8.vii.2003
,
P. Dollin
, red spruce forest, (2),
NSMC
;
Big St. Margaret's Bay
,
1-26.vii.1997
and
16-29.vii.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, old-growth red spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
, (2),
NSMC
;
Campbell Hill
,
1-16.vii.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, red spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
,
NSMC
;
Ten Mile Lake
,
29.vii-13.viii.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, red spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
,
NSMC
;
Hants Co.
:
Nine Mile River
,
16-29.vii.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, young black spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
,
NSMC
;
Pictou Co.
:
Waterside
,
11.viii.2004
,
D. MacDonald
,
NSNR
;
Queens Co.
:
Sixth Lake
,
14.vii.2003
,
P. Dollin
, old-growth hemlock forest, sweeping,
NSMC
.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
:
Queens Co.
:
East Royalty
,
8.vii.1986
,
M.E.M. Smith
, hedgerow beside forest,
ACPE
;
St. Patricks
,
25.vi.2003
,
C.G. Majka
, mixed forest,
CGMC
.
Newly recorded in Nova Scotia (
Fig. 14
). Widely distributed in the northeastern
USA
(
Downie & Arnett 1996
,
Chandler 2001
); in
Canada
recorded from
Saskatchewan
east to Newfoundland.
Dorcatoma
species
feed on woody fungi (
Philips 2002
). In the Maritime Provinces collected in a variety of primarily coniferous forested habitats ranging in age from young to old-growth.