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Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte 1824

Description

Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, 1824

NOVA SCOTIA: Hants Co.: Stanley Airport, 6-20.ix.2003, T. Rossolimo, coniferous forest, pitfall trap, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 4). The genus Lycoperdina is a specialist feeder on puffballs (Lycoperdales) (Pakaluk 1984).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, pp. 39-50 in Zootaxa 1546 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177990

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Endomychidae
Genus
Lycoperdina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Species
ferruginea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, 1824 sec. Majka, 2007

References

  • Pakaluk, J. (1984) Natural history and evolution of Lycoperdina ferruginea (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with descriptions of immature stages. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86, 312 - 325.