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Omosita discoidea
- 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada
- 3. Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, Sacramento, United States of America
Description
Omosita discoidea (Fabricius, 1775)
Kent Co.: Buctouche, V-VII.2007, J.P. Michaud, mixed forest and agricultural fields, on carrion, (many specimens, UMNB); York Co.: Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 17.IV.2005, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, in flight (1, RWC); same locality, 8.IX.2007, 14.IX.2007, 26.IX.2007, mixed forest, in pile of corncobs and cornhusks, (4, RWC).
This adventive Palearctic species is widely distributed in Europe and is recorded in Canada from British Columbia west to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and is widely distributed in the United States (McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006; Parsons 1943). Omosita discoidea is found on dry carrion, bones, hides, fungi, and in decaying vegetation (Downie and Arnett, 1996).
Notes
Published as part of Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, pp. 337-356 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 347, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.23, http://zenodo.org/record/576398
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.2.23 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576398 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC6FF84165548183B314D35FF94915A (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- RWC , UMNB
- Event date
- 2005-04-17
- Family
- Nitidulidae
- Genus
- Omosita
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fabricius
- Species
- discoidea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2005-04-17
- Taxonomic concept label
- Omosita discoidea (Fabricius, 1775) sec. Majka, Webster & Cline, 2008
References
- McNamara J (1991) Family Nitidulidae: sap beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Research Branch Publication 1861 / E.: 214 - 217.
- Majka CG, Cline AR (2006) Th e Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Th e Canadian Entomologist 138: 314 - 332.
- Parsons CT (1943) A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 121 - 278.
- Downie NM, Arnett RH, Jr (1996) The beetles of northeastern North America. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, 1721 pp.