Catops paramericanus Peck and Cook 2002

Catops paramericanus Peck and Cook, 2002

NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Co.: New Waterford, 17.V.1996, C.A. Stapleton, (1, CBU); Sydney, 30.V.1996, D.W. Forbes, (2, CBU); Westmount, 2.VI.1996, D.W. Forbes, (1, CBU); Colchester Co.: 20.VII.1995, E. Georgeson, (1, NSNR); Cumberland Co.: Wentworth, VIII.1965, B. Wright, sugar maple forest, pitfall trap, (1, NSMC); Guysborough Co.: Liscomb Game Sanctuary, 24.VI.1998, J. Ogden, malaise trap, (1, NSNR); Halifax Co.: Antrim, 2.V.2005, J. Ogden, (1, NSNR); Big Indian Lake, 9.VIII.2003, P. Dollin, pitfall trap, (1, NSMC); Burnside, 8.V.2003, 7.V.2004, 10.V.2004, 12.V.2004, 14.V.2004, C. Cormier, on dead pig, (5, SMU); Halifax Watershed area, 14.IV.1958, J. McDunnough, (1, NSMC); Queens Co.: Black Duck Lake, 1.VIII.2003, P. Dollin, white pine forest, pitfall trap, (2, NSMC); Eight Mile Lake, 31.VII.2003, P. Dollin red spruce forest, pitfall trap, (6, NSMC); Fifth Lake, 17.VI.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, (1, NSMC); Yarmouth Co.: Cape Forchu, 28.VI-4.VII.1995, J. and F. Cook, flightintercept trap, (3, JCC); Wellington, 15-24.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, mixed coastal forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, JCC); Wellington, 12-20.VIII.1991, J. Cook, coastal forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, JCC).

Catops paramericanus was reported from New Brunswick and two sites on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia by Peck and Cook (2002). It is newly reported herein from the mainland of Nova Scotia (Fig 10). It is an abundant and widespread species in boreal forests, primarily collected from animal carrion and occasionally from owl pellets, decaying fungi, and in forest litter (Peck and Cook 2002).