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.