Cryptophagus fallax Balfour-Browne, 1953

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2010, Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 35 (35), pp. 13-35 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.35.314
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789556
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03950810-C11A-FFF5-B5F7-FB2DE0CFF58B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cryptophagus fallax Balfour-Browne, 1953
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NEW BRUNSWICK: Westmorland Co.: Moncton , November 24, 1982, Pest Control (1, UMNB) ; Moncton , September 14, 1982, S.R. Michaud (1, UMNB) ; Moncton, September 14, 1982, S.R. Michaud (1, UMNB). NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Halifax, June 30, 1989, N. Patterson (3, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Prince Co. : Summerside, June 6, 1988, M. Drake, in house (3, ACPE) ; Queens Co.: Charlottetown , September 24, 1981, L.S. Thompson (5, ACPE) ; Charlottetown , summer, 1991, J.G. Stewarton (1, ACPE) ; Charlottetown , July 15, 1985, M.E.M. Smith (1, ACPE) ; Charlottetown , June 20, 1988, M.E.M. Smith, in house (2, ACPE) ; Charlottetown, June , 1973, collector not recorded (2, CNC) ; Earnscliffe , September 7, 1983, M.E.M. Smith, in house (1, ACPE) ; Mount Stewart , June 10, 1976, L.S. Thompson (5, ACPE) .

Cryptophagus fallax is newly recorded in New Brunswick (Fig. 2). Previous North American records are from Maine ( Woodroffe and Coombs 1961), Sable Island, Nova

Scotia ( Howden 1970), and Prince Edward Island ( CAIPR 1973). The above record from Halifax also establishes the presence of this species on the mainland of Nova Scotia. It is an adventive species in North America and is found in the Palaearctic region throughout Europe, east through the Caucuses to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and south to Egypt ( Johnson et al. 2007). All the specimens collected in this region have been found in buildings on stored products except for two collected on Sable Island in an Ipswich Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis princeps Maynard ) nest ( Howden 1970). The narrow quadrate pronotum (compared to the enlarged, convex elytra), and the large pronotal callosities with their face turned upwards, make this a distinctive species amongst the North American fauna ( Woodroffe and Coombs 1961).