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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Agathidium pulchrum
LeConte, 1853
NEWFOUNDLAND:
Burgeo, Grandy Brook,
24.VI.1949
,
E. Palmen
, (1,
MZHF
)
;
Stephenville: Barachois Pond Park,
23.VII-19.VIII.1997
,
S. and J. Peck
, fir-deciduous forest,
flight-intercept trap
, (1,
MUN
).
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Yarmouth Co.
:
Cape Forchu,
West Cape
,
28.VI-4.VII.1995
,
J. and F. Cook
,
flight-intercept trap
, (1,
JCC
)
.
Fig. 7.
Distribution of
Agathidium mollinum
,
Agathidium pulchrum
,
Agathidium repentinum
,
Agathidium rubellum
,
and
Gelae parile
in Atlantic Canada.
Agathidium pulchrum
is newly recorded in Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia
, and in Atlantic
Canada
as a whole (
Fig. 7
). It has been collected in many different coniferous and deciduous forests, from moss duff, and in riparian areas between May and September. Host records include the slime molds
Arcyria nutans
(Bull.) Grev.,
Comatrichia
sp.,
Stemonitis flavogenita
E. Jahn
,
Trichia decipiens
(Meyl.) Y. Yamam
, and
Tubifera ferruginosa
(Batsch) J.F. Gmelin
, and the fungi
Lenzites betulina
(Fr.) Fr.
,
Tramates versicolor
(Fr.) Pil.
, and
Stereum
sp. (
Miller and Wheeler 2005
).