Isorhipis obliqua (Say, 1836)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, observations on composition and zoogeography, and comments on the rarity of saproxylic beetles, Zootaxa 1636, pp. 33-46 : 35-36

Isorhipis obliqua (Say, 1836)

NOVA SCOTIA: Antigonish Co.: Beaver Mt., 14.viii.1995, J. Ogden, NSNR; Colchester Co.: Otter Brook, 20.vii.1994, D. Kehler, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 16-29.vii.1997, D.J.

Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Melopseketch Lake, 13.vii.1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Melopseketch Lake, 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Seloam Lake, 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, vii.1983, J.R. Vockeroth, malaise trap, (2), CNC; Lone Shieling, 9.viii.1983, J.E.H. Martin, CNC; Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater, 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, NSMC.

In Nova Scotia ( Fig. 1 ) found in both deciduous and red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg. ) ( Pinaceae ) forests. Reared from Acer , Betula, Cyrilla , Fagus , and Ulmus spp. ( Muona 2000). One of the most frequently collected eucnemids in eastern North America ( Muona 2000) .

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FIGURE 1. The distribution of Isorhipis ruficornis (Say) and Isorhipis obliqua (Say) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.