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Schizotus cervicalis Newman 1838

Description

Schizotus cervicalis Newman, 1838

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouguac National Park, 6 June 1977, J.R. Vockeroth, CNC; Kouchibouguac National Park, 13 June 1978, D.B. Lyons, CNC; Northumberland Co.: Tabusintac, 20 June 1939, W.J. Brown, CNC. NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Wentworth, 21 May 1965, B. Wright, NSMC; Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 16–29 July 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC. Halifax Co.: Grassy Lake, 15–30 June 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC; Grassy Lake, 1–16 July 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC; Inverness Co.: MacKenzies Mtn, 25 June 1983, Y. Bousquet, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 16 June 1983, 19 June 1983, 25 June 1983, 8–14 June 1983, Y. Bousquet, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 1 July 1983, maple forest, R. Vockeroth, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 27 May 1983, 11–13 June 1983, H. Goulet, CNC.

Recorded across Canada from the Northwest Territories east to Nova Scotia with the exception of Saskatchewan (Campbell 1991d); scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 5). In the United States from Maine south to Maryland and west to Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota (Downie & Arnett 1996). Larvae are found in decaying woody sections of moss­covered logs in boreal­like areas (e.g. edges of bogs) (Young 2002).

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 pages 43-44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172996

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pyrochroidae
Genus
Schizotus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Newman
Species
cervicalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Schizotus cervicalis Newman, 1838 sec. Majka, 2006

References

  • Campbell, J. M. (1991 d) Family Pyrochroidae: fire-coloured beetles. In: Bousquet, Y. (Ed.). Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. pp. 269.
  • Downie, N. M. & Arnett, R. H., Jr. (1996) The beetles of northeastern North America. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida. 1721 pp.
  • Young, D. A. (2002) Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807. 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. 540 - 543.