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
Canifa pallipes
(Melsheimer)
NOVA
SCOTIA
:
78 specimens
examined from Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Richmond, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest records are from 1965 (
Lunenburg Co.:
Bridgewater,
19.vi.1965
, B. Wright,
13 specimens
, NSMC; Bridgewater,
30.vi.1965
, B. Wright,
2 specimens
, NSMC).
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
: Kings Co.:
Woodville Mills,
23.vii.2001
, C.G. Majka, CGMC;
Queens Co.:
St. Patricks,
21.vii.2001
, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks,
22.vii.2001
, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks,
14.vii.14
2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks,
27.vi.2003
, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks,
29.vi.2003
, C.G. Majka, CGMC.
Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island. In Manitoba,
Canifa
larvae have been found under the bark of dead poplar (
Pollock 2002b
). Adults are found on foliage and vegetation in forested environments. In Nova
Scotia
, commonly found in both coniferous (
Picea rubens
.,
P. mariana
, and
Pinus strobus
) and deciduous forests.