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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Sciodrepoides watsoni
(Spence, 1815)
NEWFOUNDLAND:
Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park,
15-17. VIII.1969
, M.J.D. Brendell, secondary forest, (6, BMNH).
This Holarctic species was reported by
Peck and Cook (2002)
from Newfoundland and
New Brunswick
(Fig. 12). The source of the
New Brunswick
record (from the Charlotte County area) could not be determined (S. Peck, pers. comm.), nor were vouchers specimens found in any collection consulted. Consequently it is removed from the
New Brunswick
faunal list. Its status in Newfoundland should also be further investigated since there are no records in the province apart from the specimens listed above.
Sciodrepoides watsoni
has primarily been collected in forested habitats but it is also tolerant of open old fields and grasslands where it is found on carrion and in mammal nests (
Peck and Cook 2002
).