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Ptenidium nitidum Heer 1841

Description

Ptenidium nitidum (Heer, 1841)

Material. NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Smith Brook, 29.viii.1988, B. Wright, mixed forest: leaf litter, NSMC; Halifax Co.: Burnside, 8.vii.2003, C. Cormier, on dead pig, NSMC.

* = newly recorded; = previously recorded; Northeastern North America: CT = Connecticut; MA = Massachusetts; ME = Maine; NB = New Brunswick; NF = Newfoundland; NH = New Hampshire; NS = Nova Scotia; NY = New York; ON = Ontario; PE = Prince Edward Island; QC = Québec; RI = Rhode Island; VT = Vermont. Continental distribution: 1 = Northeastern; 2 = Southeastern; 3 = Southwestern; 4 = Northwestern; 5 = Central.

Comments. A synanthropic, Palearctic species newly recorded in Nova Scotia.

Other

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Sörensson, Mikael, 2007, Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and bionomic notes, pp. 27-38 in Zootaxa 1423 on pages 28-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175704

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ptiliidae
Genus
Ptenidium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Heer
Species
nitidum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ptenidium nitidum Heer, 1841 sec. Majka & Sörensson, 2007