The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Kenner, Rex
University of British Columbia, Vancouver ,, Canada
text
ZooKeys
2009
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.22.216
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Gyrinus lecontei
Fall, 1922
NOVA SCOTIA
: Lunenburg Co.:
Colpton Provincial Park,
17.VIII.1994
, J. Ogden (1, NSNR).
Gyrinus lecontei
is newly recorded in
Nova Scotia
. It was recorded from
New Brunswick
and
Prince Edward Island
by
Oygur and Wolfe (1991)
and
Roughley (1991)
, and from
Prince Edward Island
by Majka (2009) (Fig. 10).
Morrissette (1979)
reported it from small deep ponds and lakes invaded by aquatic plants.
Oygur and Wolfe (1991)
reported it primarily (80%) from lentic habitats.