Stelidota octomaculata (Say, 1825)
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Stelidota octomaculata (Say, 1825) |
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Stelidota octomaculata (Say, 1825) Map 2 View Map 2
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 2.IX.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, in nest of black Formica species (mound building species) (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 31.VIII-15.IX.2011, C. Hughes & R. P. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC).
Collection and habitat data.
Stelidota octomaculata has been reported from decaying fruit and fungi, coral fungi ( Downie and Arnett 1996), gilled mushrooms, decaying pigs, and from pitfall traps deployed in a hardwood forest ( Majka and Cline 2006). One specimen from New Brunswick was found in a Formica ant nest in an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) stand; two others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the same forest. Adults were collected during September.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
ON, QC, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991b; Majka and Cline 2006).
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