Agathidium rusticum Fall, 1934

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 382

Agathidium rusticum Fall, 1934

NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Nuttby Mt. , 1.VI.1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Cumberland Co.: Wentworth , 21.V.1965, B. Wright, (1, NSMC) ; Guysborough Co.: George Lake , 14.V-2.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, young red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 11-18.VII.1983, L. Masner, flightintercept trap, (1, CNC) .

Agathidium rusticum is newly recorded in Nova Scotia, and the Atlantic Provinces ( Fig. 6 ). In Nova Scotia, it was collected in both coniferous and deciduous forests. No other information on the bionomics of the species is available.

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Fig. 6. Distribution of Agathidium atronitens, Agathidium depressum, Agathidium difforme, Agathidium fawcettae, Agathidium oniscoides, and Agathidium rusticum in Atlantic Canada.