Pytho seidlitzi Blair, 1925

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1250, pp. 37-51 : 42

Pytho seidlitzi Blair, 1925

NOVA SCOTIA: Inverness Co.: Margaree Valley, 1 August 1980, R. Chénier, under bark of Abies balsamea , CNC.

Recorded across Canada in most provinces from the Northwest Territories and British Columbia to Nova Scotia; in the northern United States from Maine and New York west to Minnesota, and in the west in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Only one record from the Maritime Provinces ( Fig. 2 ). Larvae are found under bark; host plants include a variety of species of Pinus , Larix , Picea , Tsuga , Pseudotsuga , and Abies (Pinaceae) ( Pollock 1991).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Pytho niger, P. americanus, P. seidlitzi, and P. s t r i c t u s in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.