Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte, 1874

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 31-32

Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte, 1874

NEW BRUNSWICK: Gloucester Co.: Bathurst, 15.vii.1939, W.J. Brown, CNC . NOVA SCOTIA:

Colchester Co.: Kemptown , 13.vii.1995, C. Corkum, young deciduous forest, NSMC ; Halifax Co.: Anti Dam Lake , 15-30.vi.1997, D.J. Bishop, black spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Big Indian Lake , 8.vii.2003, P. Dollin, red spruce forest, (2), NSMC ; Big St. Margaret's Bay , 1-26.vii.1997 and 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (2), NSMC ; Campbell Hill , 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Ten Mile Lake , 29.vii-13.viii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Hants Co.: Nine Mile River , 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, young black spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Pictou Co.: Waterside , 11.viii.2004, D. MacDonald, NSNR ; Queens Co.: Sixth Lake , 14.vii.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, sweeping, NSMC . PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: East Royalty , 8.vii.1986, M.E.M. Smith, hedgerow beside forest, ACPE ; St. Patricks , 25.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, mixed forest, CGMC .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia ( Fig. 14 ). Widely distributed in the northeastern USA ( Downie & Arnett 1996, Chandler 2001); in Canada recorded from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland. Dorcatoma species feed on woody fungi ( Philips 2002). In the Maritime Provinces collected in a variety of primarily coniferous forested habitats ranging in age from young to old-growth.

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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.