The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1250
37
51
journal article
50587
10.5281/zenodo.172996
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172996
Pytho niger
Kirby, 1837
NEW BRUNSWICK:
Saint John
Co.:
Saint John
,
10 June 1900
, W. McIntosh, NBM.
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
: Prince Co.:
22 April 1980
, L. Corbin, DKYC.
Newly recorded in New Brunswick: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (
Fig. 2
). The specimen from Prince Edward Island was reported by
Pollock (1991)
but was not included in Campbell’s (1991c) compilation; consequently it seems worthwhile to direct attention to the record. Found across the northern portion of North
America
from Alaska east to Labrador and Nova
Scotia
, south to Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (
Pollock 1991
). Species of
Pytho
live under the bark of trees with a narrow range of decay (dead 4–10 years). Known hosts include
Pinus strobus
L.,
P. banksiana
Lamb.
,
P. contorta
Dougl.
,
Picea mariana
(Mill.)
B.S.P, and
Abies balsamea
(L.) Mill (
Pinaceae
) (
Pollock 1991
).