Agathidium repentinum Horn, 1880

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 381

Agathidium repentinum Horn, 1880

NEWFOUNDLAND: Little Grand Lake , 2 km east of Martin Pond, 24.VI-15. VII.1992 and 15.VII-25.VIII.1992, old fir forest, pitfall trap, (3, MUN) ; Little Grand Lake , Bakeapple Brook, 24.VI-15.VII.1992 and 15.VII-25.VIII.1992, old fir forest, pitfall trap, (2, MUN) ; South Pond near South Brook, 11.VI.1979, D.J. Larson and D. Swales, (2, MUN) .

Agathidium repentinum is newly recorded in Newfoundland and in Atlantic Canada ( Fig. 7 ). This northern species was collected in conifer, poplar, and taiga-willow forests in leaf litter, Sphagnum moss, and on moose dung ( Miller and Wheeler 2005).

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Fig. 7. Distribution of Agathidium mollinum, Agathidium pulchrum, Agathidium repentinum, Agathidium rubellum, and Gelae parile in Atlantic Canada.