Xylita laevigata (Hellenius)

Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 1248, pp. 45-68 : 54

Xylita laevigata (Hellenius)

NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Masstown, 1.vi.1990, M. Leblanc, 2 specimens, NSNR; Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 2–15.vi.1997, D.J. Bishop, NSMC; Halifax Co.: Moser Lake, 2–15.vi.1997, D.J. Bishop, NSMC; Musquodoboit Valley, 14.vi.2002, K. George, NSNR; Point Pleasant Park, 6.vi.1990, S. Robertson, NSMC; Point Pleasant Park, 11.v.2001, 17.vi.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Point Pleasant Park, 1.vi.2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Kings Co.: Coldbrook, 27.v.2004, R. Williams, NSNR; Lunenburg Co.: Young’s Landing, 17.v.1969, B. Wright, NSMC; Queens Co.: Black Duck Lake, 24.v.2003, P. Dollin, NSMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Members of the Serropalpini are xylophagous (Pollock 2002). In Nova Scotia, found in coniferous forests on Picea rubens and Pinus strobus .