Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, 1824

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, Zootaxa 1546, pp. 39-50 : 47

Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, 1824

NOVA SCOTIA: Hants Co.: Stanley Airport, 6-20.ix.2003, T. Rossolimo, coniferous forest, pitfall trap, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 4 ). The genus Lycoperdina is a specialist feeder on puffballs (Lycoperdales) ( Pakaluk 1984).

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of Endomychus biguttatus Say, Danae testacea (Ziegler), Hadromychus chandleri Bousquet & Leschen, Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, and Mycetina perpulchra (Newman) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.