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Anisotoma errans Brown 1937

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • 2. Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada

Description

Anisotoma errans Brown, 1937

NEWFOUNDLAND: Lake Ambrose, 23.VI.1988, P. Dixon, malaise trap, (2, CFNL); Baie Verte, 20.VI.1988, P. Dixon, malaise trap, (2, CFNL); Stephenville: Barachois Pond Park, 23.VII-19.VIII.1997, S. and J. Peck, fir-deciduous forest, flight-intercept trap, (3, MUN). NOVA SCOTIA: Inverness Co.: MacKenzies Mountain, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, 19.VI.1983, Y. Bousquet, pan trap, (1, CNC).

Anisotoma errans is newly recorded from Newfoundland (Fig. 8). It was reported from Nova Scotia by Peck (1991). Adults have been found between April and July in association with hemlock moss, willow and mixed conifer litter, and on conifer bark. Slime mold hosts include Stemonitis sp. and Fuligo septica (Wheeler 1979).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, pp. 357-402 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 384, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56, http://zenodo.org/record/576397

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3770898 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576397 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB0FF9BB839FF8FFF7BD476FFAFFFAE (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CFNL , MUN, CNC
Event date
1983-06-19 , 1988-06-20 , 1988-06-23
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Anisotoma
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Brown
Species
errans
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1983-06-19/1997-08-19 , 1988-06-20 , 1988-06-23
Taxonomic concept label
Anisotoma errans Brown, 1937 sec. Majka & Langor, 2008

References

  • Brown WJ (1937 a) Descriptions of some genera and species of Leiodidae. The Canadian Entomologist 69: 158 - 165, 170 - 174.
  • Peck SB (1991) Family Leiodidae: small scavenger beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E: 77 - 82.
  • Wheeler QD (1979) Slime mold beetles of the genus Anisotoma (Leiodidae): classification and evolution. Systematic Entomology 4: 251 - 309.