Ptiliolum

Majka, Christopher G. & Sörensson, Mikael, 2007, Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and bionomic notes, Zootaxa 1423, pp. 27-38 : 30-31

Ptiliolum NEA species 2

Material. NEW BRUNSWICK: York Co.: Fredericton, 1979, G. Boiteau, potato field, (2), ACNB. NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Big Dam Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 12–22.viii.2004, H. Love, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (2), NSMC; Channel Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 25.vi–5.vii.2004, H. Love, maple/oak/ birch forest, pitfall trap, NSMC; Digby Co.: Pebbleloggitch Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, 13– 24.viii.2004, H. Love & S. Baker, maple/oak/birch forest, pitfall trap, (5), NSMC; Lunenburg Co.: Card Lake, 30.vi–1.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old growth hemlock/red spruce forest, NSMC; Queens Co.: Kejimkujik National Park, 28.vii–11.viii.1994, 26.ix–19.x.1994, 29.ix.2001, B. Wright, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (7) NSMC; Kejimkujik National Park, 2.x.2001, B. Wright, farmland leaf litter, NSMC.

Comments. This genus is unrevised in North America. Consequently a specific determination of the species awaits a revision of the genus. Pending revision the species is referred to by the manuscript name of Ptiliolum NEA species 2. The genus is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole.