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Dircaea liturata LeConte

Description

Dircaea liturata (LeConte)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Albert Co.: Caledonia Mt., 1965–71, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Mary’s Point, 12.viii.2004, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Saint John Co.: Saint John, 9.ix.1907. A.G. Leavitt, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 54 specimens examined from Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, and Yarmouth counties. Found throughout the mainland of Nova Scotia and on Cape Breton Island. The earliest record is from 1948 (Kings Co.: Kentville, 25.vii.1948, V.R. Vickery, NSAC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 17.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In Québec collected on fallen trunks of Quercus rubra, Acer rubrum, A. saccharum, Tilia americana, and Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (Laliberté 1965). In Nova Scotia, collected in both deciduous (Acer spp, Betula spp. and Q. rubra) and coniferous (Picea rubens, P. m a r i a n a, and Tsuga canadensis) forests, frequently with flight­intercept traps.

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 45-68 in Zootaxa 1248 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172970

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Biodiversity

Family
Melandryidae
Genus
Dircaea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Species
liturata
Taxon rank
species