The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
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ZooKeys
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2008-09-04
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journal article
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Laemophloeus biguttatus
(Say, 1825)
Laemophloeus biguttatus
is widely distributed in
New Brunswick
, Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia
, and
Prince Edward Island
(
Bousquet 1991
) (
Fig. 2
). Th ey are found under the bark of trees where they feed on ascomycete fungi such as
Hypoxylon
prob.
atropunctatum
(Schweinitz ex Fries) Cooke (Th omas 1993). In
Nova Scotia
it has been collected in coniferous and mixed forests on both red maple (
Acer rubrum
L.,
Aceraceae
) and red oak (
Quercus rubra
L.,
Fagaceae
).