Mycetophagus Ilendus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856

Majka, Christopher G., 2010, The Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, ZooKeys 64, pp. 9-23 : 13-15

Mycetophagus Ilendus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856

Distribution.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Madawaska County: Edmundston, 47°22.285'N; 68°14.663'W, 22 August 2010, R. Migneault, in polypore on dead aspen log (1, RMC). NOVA SCOTIA: Antigonish Co.: Cape George Point, 23 June1993, M. LeBlanc, funnel trap (1, NSMC); Colchester Co.: Kemptown, 1 June 1995, 28 June 1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, FIT (2, NSMC); Upper Bass River, 18 May 1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Upper Bass River, 3 June 1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Cumberland Co.: East Leicester, 2 June 1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); East Leicester, 14 June 1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); East Leicester, 15 June 1995, C. Corkum, old deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Fox River, 17 May 1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Fox River, 3 June 1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Harrington River, 13 July 1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, FIT (1, NSMC); Wentworth, 21 May-5 July 1965, B. Wright, sugar maple forest, window trap (1, NSMC); Halifax Co.: Halifax, 1 December 1986, B. Wright (1, NSMC); Soldier Lake, 30 July 2004, D. MacDonald, spruce beetle trap (1, NSNR); Lunenburg Co.: Card Lake, 2-15 June, 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce/hemlock forest (old growth), FIT (1, NSMC); Yarmouth Co.: Wellington, 23-29 August 1992, J. & F. Cook, mixed forest (1, JCC).

Notes.

Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte is newly recorded in New Brunswick. The species was reported from Nova Scotia by Bishop et al. (2009) and appears to be distributed throughout much of the mainland of Nova Scotia (Fig. 1). In Nova Scotia, it was collected almost exclusively with flight intercept traps in deciduous forests. Pielou and Pielou (1968) reported it on birch polypore ( Piptoporus betulinus ), Cline and Leshen (2005) recorded it from oyster mushroom ( Pleurotus ostreatus ), and Leschen (1988) recorded it from Spongipellis unicolor (Schw.) growing on a fallen white oak ( Quercus alba L.) in Arkansas. Schwartz (1876) said it was "abundant in fungus" in Michigan.