Boros unicolor Say, 1827

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1250, pp. 37-51 : 40

Boros unicolor Say, 1827

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 19 July 1901, W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: Hants Co.: Stanley, 26 May 1992, M. Leblanc, stove pipe trap, 2 specimens, NSNR.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada as a whole ( Fig. 1 ). In Canada recorded from Alberta west to Québec ( Campbell 1991b). Widespread in North America, predominantly in the east. Larvae are found in the sub­cortical region of dead (often standing or leaning) pines ( Pinus sp.) ( Pinaceae ) and other conifers ( Young 1991a).

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of Priognathus monilicornis, Boros unicolor, Lecontia discicollis, and Lacconotus punctatus in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.