Mycetophagus punctatus Say, 1826

Majka, Christopher G., 2010, The Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, ZooKeys 64, pp. 9-23 : 12

Mycetophagus punctatus Say, 1826 (s. str.)

Distribution.

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Soldier Lake, 7 June 2005, J. Ogden, spruce beetle trap (1, NSNR); Hants Co.: Smileys Park, 6 July 2005, J. Ogden, spruce beetle trap (1, NSNR).

Notes.

Mycetophagus punctatus Say is newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces from Nova Scotia. Both specimens were collected in the central mainland of Nova Scotia (Fig. 1). The species is common under loose bark and on fungi ( Downie and Arnett 1996); specifically it has been found on a dead black oak ( Quercus velutina Lamb.) in Virginia ( Robinson 1918); on rooting polypore ( Polyporus radicatus Schw.) in Iowa ( Weiss 1924); on oyster mushroom ( Pleurotus ostreatus ) ( Cline and Leshen 2005); and on birch polypore ( Piptoporus betulinus ) growing on gray birch ( Betula populifolia Marshall) in New York ( Minch 1952).