Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Langor, David
Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada
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Antherophagus convexulus
LeConte, 1863
Antherophagus convexulus
was reported from both
New Brunswick
and
Nova Scotia
by
Bousquet (1991)
. There are a number of records from both the mainland of
Nova Scotia
and Cape Breton Island (Fig. 1), however, we have not been able to locate voucher specimens or published records of this species from
New Brunswick
. We provisionally retain this species for the
New Brunswick
fauna (subject to confirmation) since it is also known from the neighbouring jurisdictions of
Québec
and
Maine
(
Procter 1946
;
Laplante et al. 1991
), and is to be expected in the province.
Antherophagus
species are phoretic on bumblebees (
Bombus
spp.) and are often found in their nests or at flowers where their larvae apparently feed on organic detritus (
Bousquet 1989
;
Leschen and Skelley 2002
).