Catops simplex Say 1825

Catops simplex Say, 1825

LABRADOR: Fifty specimens were examined. The earliest record is from 1992 (Grand Lake Road, 39.7 km, 24.VII.1992, I.L. Perrault, field, pan trap, (1, CFNL)). NEWFOUNDLAND: Fifty-nine specimens examined. The earliest record is from 1979 (Windsor, 30.VIII.1979, D.J. Larson, (1, MUN)). NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Channel Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 18.IX-2.X.2004, H. Love, red maple-red oak-birch forest, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC); Antigonish Co.: Beech Hill, 13.VII.1985, J. Veinot, (1, NSMC); Cape Breton Co.: George’s River, 10.VI.1998, D.B. McCorquodale, poplar log, (1, CBU); Halifax Co.: Burnside, 31.VII.2003, 26.VI.2003, 29.VI.2003, 12.VII.2003, 14.VII.2003, 10.X.2003, 14.X.2003, 15.X.2003, 17.X.2003, 20.X.2003, 22.X.2003, 24.X.2003, 29.X.2003, C. Cormier, on dead pig, mixed forest and open areas, (32, SMU); York Redoubt, 31.VII.2003, C. Staicer, Sphagnum bog, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC); Victoria Co.: Baddeck, 16-20. VII.1979, G. Fairchild, flight trap, (1, NSMC).

Catops simplex was reported by Peck and Cook (2002) from Labrador, insular Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The above records newly establish its presence on the mainland of Nova Scotia (Fig. 11). It is frequently collected at carrion in deciduous or mixed forests; also in litter, at bear dung, in mammal nests, in rotten mushrooms, and on dead snails. It was found in coniferous forests and Sphagnum bogs (Peck and Cook 2002).