Danae testacea (Ziegler, 1844)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, Zootaxa 1546, pp. 39-50 : 46-47

Danae testacea (Ziegler, 1844)

NOVA SCOTIA: Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, 7.vii.1983, R. Vockeroth, malaise trap, CNC.

Distribution in the Maritime Provinces is shown in Fig. 4 . At Lone Shieling it was found in an old-growth hardwood stand. In eastern North America found largely as a relict species in old-growth hardwoods (Floyd Shockley pers. comm.) Found in subcortical fungi in hardwoods and softer species of Polyporaceae (Floyd Shockley pers. comm.).

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of Endomychus biguttatus Say, Danae testacea (Ziegler), Hadromychus chandleri Bousquet & Leschen, Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, and Mycetina perpulchra (Newman) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.