Colon (Eurycolon) magnicolle Mannerheim, 1853

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 367

Colon (Eurycolon) magnicolle Mannerheim, 1853

LABRADOR: Wahnahnish Lake near Wabush, 15-17.VII.1981, M. Colbo and D.J. Larson, (1, MUN). NEW BRUNSWICK: Gloucester Co.: Bathurst, 7.VII.1939, W.J. Brown, (1, CNC); Kent Co.: Route 116, 21.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, forest, car net, (7, SBP). NEWFOUNDLAND: One hundred and fifty-eight specimens were examined from Corner Brook, Gander, Glide Lake, and St. John’s. The earliest records are from 1949 (Gander, 29.VI.1949, W.J. Brown, (16, CNC); St. John’s, 12.VII.1949, W.J. Brown, (1, CNC)). NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Westchester-Londonderry Rd., 20.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, forest, car net, (1, SBP); Guysborough Co.: Trafalgar, 19.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, forest, car net, (1, SBP); Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, 19.VI.1983, 22.VI.1983, 25.VI.1983, 28.VI.1983, VII.1983, 7.VII.1983, 11.VII.1983, 21-28.VII.1983, and 8.VI.1984, Y. Bousquet, R. Vockeroth, L. Masner, and A. Smetana, pan and malaise traps, (16, CNC).

Colon magnicolle is newly recorded from Labrador. It was previously reported from New Brunswick, insular Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia by Peck and Stephan (1996) ( Fig. 2 ). It was found in mixed and coniferous forests and forest borders, and in leaf litter and moss between May and October ( Peck and Stephan 1996).

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Fig. 2. Distribution of Colon magnicolle, Colon oblongum, Colon boreale, and Colon hubbardi in Atlantic Canada. Locations in Labrador are not shown.