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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Leiodes valida
(
Horn, 1880
)
LABRADOR:
OtterCreek
,
27.VII.1986
,
K.E.Pardy
,(1,
CFNL
).
NEWFOUNDLAND:
Daniels Harbour,
22-23.VII.1949
,
E. Palmen
, (1,
MZHF
);
Pasedena
,
20.VIII.1980
,
F. Walsh
, (1,
CFNL
)
;
Glide Lake
,
31.VIII.1993
,
29.IX.1993
,
23.VII.1994
,
3.VIII.1994
,
23.VIII.1994
, W. Bowers, balsam fir burn, (11, CFNL).
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Kings Co.: Kentville,
25.IX.2002
, D.H. Webster, flying in yard, (1, DHWC).
Leiodes valida
is newly recorded in Labrador, Newfoundland, and
Nova Scotia
. It was recorded from
New Brunswick
by
Baranowski (1993)
(
Fig. 4
). It is the largest North American species in the genus
Leiodes
. Nothing is known of its bionomics (
Baranowski 1993
).