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Priognathus monilicornis Randall 1838

Description

Priognathus monilicornis (Randall, 1838)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 13 July 2002, C.G. Majka, old field, CGMC; St. Patricks, 27 June 2003, C.G. Majka, coniferous forest, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 1). Found in Alaska and in Canada from the Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (Campbell 1991c). Transcontinental in areas of boreal forest. Larvae live in sapwood or red­rotten conifer logs (Pollock 2002c).

Other

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, pp. 37-51 in Zootaxa 1250 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172996

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pythidae
Genus
Priognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Randall
Species
monilicornis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Priognathus monilicornis Randall, 1838 sec. Majka, 2006

References

  • Campbell, J. M. (1991 c) Family Pythidae: pythid beetles. In: Bousquet, Y. (Ed.). Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. pp. 268.
  • Pollock, D. A. (2002 c) Pythidae Solier 1834. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr., Thomas, M. C., Skelley, P. E. & Frank, J. H. (Eds.). American Beetles, Volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA. pp. 537 - 539.