Sculptotheca puberula ( LeConte, 1865 )

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 32

Sculptotheca puberula ( LeConte, 1865)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Big St. Margaret's Bay , 29.vii-13.viii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Hants Co.: Panuke Lake , 29.vii-13.viii.1997, D.J. Bishop, oldgrowth red spruce-hemlock forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 14 ). In the USA recorded from Vermont south to Florida and Texas ( White 1982, Chandler 2001); in Canada from Ontario and Québec ( McNamara 1991c). Attracted to ultraviolet lights ( Downie & Arnett 1996). Bionomics are unknown.

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FIGURE 14. Distribution of Byrrhodes intermedius (LeConte), Caenocara oculata (Say), Dorcatoma falli White, Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte, Sculptotheca puberula (LeConte), and Stagetus profundus (LeConte) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.