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 Penthe obliquata (Fabricius) NOVA SCOTIA : 23 specimens from Cape Breton, Colchester, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Queens, and Victoria counties were examined. The earliest records are from 1935 and 1947 ( Annapolis Co.: Round Hill, NS, 23.vi.1935 , F.C. Gilliatt, ACNS; Victoria Co.: Baddeck, NS, 3.vii.1947 , D.C. Ferguson, NSMC). Newly recorded in Nova Scotia . Generally distributed in both mainland and on Cape Breton Island. In Nova Scotia collected under bark of coniferous trees ( Picea rubens Sarg. , Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., Pinus strobus L., and Abies balsamaea (L.) Mill) and on redbelted polypore ( Fomitopsis pinicola (Fr.) Kar. ) on these trees.