Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837

Powell, Gareth S., Brattain, R. Michael & Holland, Jeffrey D., 2015, Additional North American Distribution Records for the GenusPythoLatreille (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pythidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4), pp. 761-765 : 764

Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837

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CANADA: AB, BC, MB, ON, NB, NS, NT, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, GA, ID, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WA, WI (Pollock 2001).

New State Record. USA: Indiana: Brown Co., Deckard Ridge Rd. , 27 February 2014, Col. G.S. Powell, R . M. Brattain, J.D. Holland, under Pine bark, WGS84, 39.1008, − 86.3455, Elv. 210m ( GSPC, n = 6; JDHC, n = 2; PERC, n = 4; RMBC, n = 6) .

Figures

Figs. 1–3. 1) Dorsal habitus of adult Pytho americanus collected in Indiana; 2) Surrounding habitat and log from which Pytho specimens were collected in Brown County, IN; 3) Adult Pytho americanus inside pupal chamber. Photographs taken 19 March 2015.

Fig. 4. State and province level distributions of Pytho species. a) P. americanus; b) P. niger; c) P. seidlitzi;