Enoclerus nigripes rufiventris (Spinola, 1844)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 41

Enoclerus nigripes rufiventris (Spinola, 1844)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kings Co.: Grand Bay, 26.v.2001, D.F. McAlpine, NBM; Yo r k Co.: Charters Settlement, 26.vi.1999, R.P. Webster, RPWC. NOVA SCOTIA: 29 specimens examined from Colchester, Halifax, Hants, Kings, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest record is from 1950 (Kings Co.: Aldershot, 15.v.1950, H.T. Stultz, (2), ACNS).

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia: scattered distribution in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia except for Cape Breton Island ( Figure 6 ). 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, Trypodendron lineatum , and Polygraphus rufipennis in spruce, and Ips pini and Pityogenes hopkinsi in pine (C. Majka, unpublished data). Bionomics as per E. n. nigripes (above) ( Knull 1951).

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FIGURE 6. Distribution of Enoclerus n. nigripes, E. n. rufiventris, and E. muttkowskii in the Maritime Provinces.