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Penthe obliquata Fabricius

Description

Penthe obliquata (Fabricius)

NOVA SCOTIA: 23 specimens from Cape Breton, Colchester, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Queens, and Victoria counties were examined. The earliest records are from 1935 and 1947 (Annapolis Co.: Round Hill, NS, 23.vi.1935, F.C. Gilliatt, ACNS; Victoria Co.: Baddeck, NS, 3.vii.1947, D.C. Ferguson, NSMC).

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Generally distributed in both mainland and on Cape Breton Island. In Nova Scotia collected under bark of coniferous trees (Picea rubens Sarg., Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., Pinus strobus L., and Abies balsamaea (L.) Mill) and on redbelted polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola (Fr.) Kar.) on these trees.

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 45-68 in Zootaxa 1248 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172970

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Biodiversity

Family
Tetratomidae
Genus
Penthe
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Species
obliquata
Taxon rank
species