Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera) Author Majka, Christopher Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada text ZooKeys 2008 2008-09-04 2 2 189 202 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.2.3 2ebd9c29-a4b0-4b92-ad7b-a3e37582f934 1313–2970 576405 Paromalus teres LeConte, 1878 Prince Edward Island : Kings Co.: Woodville Mills, 23.VII.2001 , C.G. Majka, Dryocoetes autographus burrows in Picea rubens , (1, CGMC) ; Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 19.VII.2001 , 14.VII.2002 , 17.VIII.2002 , 18.VIII.2002 , Dryocoetes affaber , Ips borealis , and Polygraphus rufipennis burrows in Picea rubens , (7, CGMC). Paromalus teres is newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. The species is generally distributed in the Maritime Provinces, although few records are known from New Brunswick ( Fig. 1 ). It has been recorded in Canada from the Northwest Territories , Alberta , Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , and Nova Scotia and occurs in neighbouring states in the United States from Minnesota to New York and Connecticut . It is found under the bark of dead spruces and pines ( Bousquet and Laplante 2006 ).