The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka, Christopher G.
Zootaxa
2006
1250
37
51
Say, 1827
Say
1827
[264,606,353,379]
Insecta
Pyrochroidae
Pedilus
Animalia
Coleoptera
6
43
Arthropoda
species
lugubris
Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces ( Fig. 3). In Canadarecorded from Ontario east to Nova Scotia(Bousquet 1991); in the United Statesrecorded from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts ( Chandler 2001), and New York west to Illinois ( Downie & Arnett 1996). Larvae are associated with cool, moist subcortical conditions between loosened bark and decaying wood of deciduous and coniferous trees; adults are common on shrubs and flowers ( Young 2002).