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Dendroides concolor Newman 1838

Description

Dendroides concolor (Newman, 1838)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: 1974­83, 3 specimens, UPEI; Queens Co.: Charlottetown, 30 June 1987, L.S. Thompson, ACPE.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 4). In Canada recorded from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (Campbell 1991d); broadly distributed in the eastern United States from Maine south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (Downie & Arnett 1996). Larvae are associated with cool, moist sub­cortical conditions between loosened bark and decaying undersides of deciduous and coniferous logs adjacent to, or partly buried in soil; adults are nocturnal (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 page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172996

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pyrochroidae
Genus
Dendroides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Newman
Species
concolor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dendroides concolor 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.