Cryptophagus setulosus Sturm 1845

Cryptophagus setulosus Sturm, 1845

LABRADOR: Mealy Mts, July, 2002, Anions, Sutton & Quicke (1, MUN); Middle Brook, June 2–17, 2005, June 17-July 4, 2005, July 4–18, 2005, July 18–2 August, 2005, S. Pardy, boreal forest, pitfall (18, MUN); Muskrat Falls, June 2–17, 2005, June 17-July 5, 2005, S. Pardy, boreal forest, pitfall (5, MUN); Ossak Camp, June 28-July 11, 2004, July 11-August 11, 2004, August 11–29, 2004, August 29-September 22, 2004, September 22-October 8, 2004, S. Pardy, subarctic black spruce forest, pitfall (10, MUN); Red Bay, July 4–20, 2004, July 20-August 6, 2004, August 6–23, 2004, August 23-September 2, 2004, S. Pardy, coastal barrens, heath, pitfall (12, MUN); St. Lewis, July 22-August 10, 2004, August 10–25, 2004, August 25-September 7, 2004, S. Pardy, coastal barrens, heath, pitfall (10, MUN). NEWFOUNDLAND: Burnt Cape, July 10–24, 2003, A.M. Hynes, crowberry lawn, pitfall (1, MUN); Burnt Cape, July 10–24, 2003, A.M. Hynes, cow parsnip patch, pitfall (1, MUN); Deer Lake, 7 km NE Cormack, July 23-August 18, 1997, S. & J. Peck, mixed, FIT (1, MUN); Gambo, August 26, 1949, E. Palmen (1, MZHF).

Cryptophagus setulosus is newly recorded on insular Newfoundland (Fig. 4). It was previously recorded by Woodroffe and Coombs (1961) from one specimen collected in Labrador. Additional records above indicate that it is abundant and widespread in southern Labrador (Fig. 6). There are scattered records of this species from a number of Canadian and American provinces and states. Woodroffe and Coombs (1961) refer to it as a possibly Holarctic species, while Bousquet (1991) lists it as Holarctic. Woodroffe and Coombs (1961) noted that in Europe this species occurs on stored produce and it is possible that its North American distribution may have been influenced by commercial activities. In the Palaearctic region it is found throughout Europe, in Algeria and Morocco in North Africa, and in Turkey and Central Asia north to Eastern Siberia (Johnson et al. 2007). In Europe it is most frequently found in nests of bees and wasps, but also in fungi and on stored produce (Woodroffe and Coombs 1961).