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Thanasimus undatulus Say 1835

Description

Thanasimus undatulus (Say, 1835)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 2.vii.1907, A.G. Leavitt, NBM; Saint John, vii.190X, (3), W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 159 specimens examined from Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, and Queens counties. The earliest record is from 1897 (Halifax Co.: Halifax, 1897, Evans (1899)). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 27.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, coniferous forest, CGMC.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Widely distributed in the region (Figure 5). In Point Pleasant Park, Nova Scotia, found in association with the galleries of Scolytinae feeding on red spruce (Picea rubens) and white pine (Pinus strobus). The most abundant scolytines found in these galleries (75% of individuals) are Hylurgops rugipennis pinifex, Trypodendron lineatum, and Polygraphus rufipennis in spruce, and Ips pini and Pityogenes hopkinsi in pine (C. Majka, unpublished data).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, pp. 31-46 in Zootaxa 1385 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175098

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cleridae
Genus
Thanasimus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Say
Species
undatulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Thanasimus undatulus Say, 1835 sec. Majka, 2006

References

  • Evans, J. D. (1899) List of Coleoptera from Halifax, N. S. The Canadian Entomologist, 31, 320 - 321.