Placonotus zimmermanni (LeConte, 1854)

NOVA SCOTIA: Lunenburg Co.: 30.VI.1965, B. Wright, red oak, window trap, (1, NSMC) .

Placonotus zimmermanni is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada (Fig. 2). Thomas (1993) collected this species under the bark of dead hardwoods, especially oaks ( Quercus spp.) on or near ascomycete fungi. In Nova Scotia it was collected on red oak ( Quercus rubra).