Mycetophagus flexuosus Say, 1826

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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.64.553
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scientific name	Mycetophagus flexuosus Say, 1826
status	(s. str.)

Treatment

Mycetophagus flexuosus Say, 1826 (s. str.)

Distribution.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Madawaska County: Edmundston, 47°22.285'N; 68°14.663'W, 14 August 2010, R. Migneault, in polypore on dead aspen log (1, RMC); Edmundston, 47°22.285'N; 68°14.663'W, 22 August 2010, R. Migneault, in polypore on dead aspen log (1, RMC).

Notes.

Mycetophagus flexuosus is newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces from New Brunswick (Fig. 1). Cline and Leshen (2005) recorded it from oyster mushroom ( Pleurotus ostreatus ) Fries; Weiss (1920) recorded it from turkey-tail polypore ( Tramates versicolor (Fr.) Pil.); and Minch (1952) and Pielou and Pielou (1968) recorded it from birch polypore ( Piptoporus betulinus ) (Fr.) Kar.