The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Langor, David
Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada
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Anisotoma blanchardi
(
Horn, 1880
)
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Annapolis Co.
:
Channel Lake
,
6-17.VII.2005
,
S. Poirier
, mapleoak-birch forest, (1,
CGMC
)
;
Colchester Co.
:
Debert
,
17.VI.1993
,
E. Georgeson
, (1,
NSNR
)
;
Cumberland Co.
:
Spencer’s Island
,
29.VI.1995
,
C. Corkum
, old coniferous forest,
flight-intercept trap
, (1,
NSMC
)
;
Westchester-Londonderry
,
20.VII.1992
,
S. and J. Peck
, forest road,
car net
, (1,
JCC
)
;
Guysborough Co.
:
George Lake
,
1-16. VII.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, red spruce forest,
flight-intercept trap
, (1,
NSMC
)
;
Halifax Co.
:
Abraham’s Lake
,
1-16.VII.1997
,
D.J. Bishop
, old-growth red spruce forest,
flightintercept trap
, (1,
NSMC
)
;
Pockwock Lake
,
20.VII.1970
,
P. Doleman
, in moss in decaying stump, (1,
NSMC
)
;
Inverness Co.
:
Lone Shieling
,
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
,
1.VII.1983
,
4.VII.1983
,
11.VII.1983
, and
VII.1983
,
J.R. Vockeroth
, forest,
malaise trap
, (6,
CNC
)
;
Queens Co.
:
Medway
River
,
13.VII.1993
,
J. and T. Cook
,
car net
, (4,
JCC
)
;
Yarmouth Co.
:
Wellington
,
1-7.VI.1999
,
J. Cook
, mixed coastal forest,
flight-intercept trap
, (1,
JCC
)
.
Fig. 8.
Distribution of
Anisotoma basalis
,
Anisotoma errans
,
Anisotoma globososa
,
Anisotoma obsoleta
,
and
Anisotoma inops
in Atlantic Canada.
Anisotoma blanchardi
is newly recorded in
Nova Scotia
and in Atlantic
Canada
(
Fig. 9
). It was collected between May and September in log and forest floor litter. Slime mold hosts include
Stemonitis fusca
,
Metatricha
sp., and
Lycogola
sp. (
Wheeler 1979
).