Serropalpus substriatus Haldeman

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), Zootaxa 1248, pp. 45-68 : 56

Serropalpus substriatus Haldeman

NEW BRUNSWICK: Gloucester Co.: Bathurst, 21.vi.19 ??, J.N. Knull, CNC; Bathurst, 15.vii.19 ??, J.N. Knull, CNC; Northumberland Co.: Bartibog, no date, A.C. Ashworth, NDSU; Queens Co.: McDonald Corner, 27.vi.1963, 10.vii.1963, and 11.vii.1963, Forest Insect Survey, 5 specimens, NBM; Saint John Co.: Saint John, 7.viii.1900, W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 65 specimens examined from Annapolis, Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Victoria, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest record is from 1909 (Annapolis Co.: Granville, 25.vi.1909, H.G. Payne, NSAC).

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Adults found on standing or fallen dead conifers ( Abies balsamea , Picea glauca (Moench) Voss , and Picea mariana (Laliberté 1965) . In Nova Scotia, almost all specimens were found in coniferous forests ( Picea rubens and Tsuga canadensis ) ranging in age from 40 to 120+ years; most collected with flightintercept traps.