Cis creberrimus Mellié, 1848

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments, Zootaxa 1654 (1), pp. 1-20 : 6

Cis creberrimus Mellié, 1848

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co .: Antrim, 9.vi.2005, J. Gordon, flight-intercept trap, NSNR ; Point Pleasant Park , 2.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, red spruce, (2), CGMC ; Kings Co.: Kentville , 10.iv.1960, D.H. Webster, Fomes fomentarius , (3), DHWC ; Pictou Co.: Lorne , 28.vi.1995, C. Corkum, coniferous forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Marshy Hope , 20.vii.1995, M. LeBlanc, NSNR .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 2 ). Newly recorded on the fungal host, Fomes fomentarius . It is commonly encountered under bark ( Lawrence 1971). Lawrence (1971: 453) noted that it, "... probably represents a complex of species...." Specimens in the Maritime Provinces fall into Lawrence's (1971) "typical" C. creberrimus geographic segregate, with fine, sparse pronotal punctation, a dull surface, and fairly short elytral bristles.

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FIGURE 2. The Distribution of Cis creberrimus Mellié, Cis fuscipes Mellié, Cis levettei (Casey), and Cis subtilis Mellié, in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.