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 Xylita laevigata (Hellenius) NOVA SCOTIA : Colchester Co.: Masstown, 1.vi.1990 , M. Leblanc, 2 specimens , NSNR; Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 2–15.vi.1997 , D.J. Bishop, NSMC; Halifax Co.: Moser Lake, 2–15.vi.1997 , D.J. Bishop, NSMC; Musquodoboit Valley, 14.vi.2002 , K. George, NSNR; Point Pleasant Park, 6.vi.1990 , S. Robertson, NSMC; Point Pleasant Park, 11.v.2001 , 17.vi.2001 , C.G. Majka, CGMC; Point Pleasant Park, 1.vi.2002 , C.G. Majka, CGMC; Kings Co.: Coldbrook, 27.v.2004 , R. Williams, NSNR; Lunenburg Co.: Young’s Landing, 17.v.1969 , B. Wright, NSMC; Queens Co.: Black Duck Lake, 24.v.2003 , P. Dollin, NSMC. Newly recorded in Nova Scotia . Members of the Serropalpini are xylophagous (Pollock 2002). In Nova Scotia , found in coniferous forests on Picea rubens and Pinus strobus .