Agathidium rubellum Fall, 1934

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 rubellum Fall, 1934

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouguac National Park , 16.VII.1977, I. Smith, (1, CNC). NOVA SCOTIA: Guysborough Co.: George Lake , 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest (2, NSMC) ; Halifax Co.: Big St. Margarets Bay , 15-30. VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce forest, (2, NSMC) ; Campbell Hill , 15- 30.VI.1997 and 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, mature red spruce forest, (2, NSMC) ; Lake Little , 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (2, NSMC) ; Pockwock Lake , 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, mature red spruce forest, (2, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 20.VII.1983, D.E. and J.E. Bright, (1, CNC) ; Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 19.VI.1983, Y. Bousquet, (1, CNC) ; Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 19.VIII.1983, M. Sharkey, (1, CNC) ; Lunenburg Co.: Card Lake , 15-30. VI.1997 and 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce/hemlock forest, (2, NSMC) ; Pictou Co.: 1-16.VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, mature red spruce/hemlock forest, (1, NSMC) ; Victoria Co.: Beulach Ban Falls, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 13.VI.1983, A. Smetana, (1, CNC) .

Agathidium rubellum is newly recorded in New Brunswick. It was reported from Nova Scotia by Miller and Wheeler (2005) ( Fig. 7 ). It was found in eastern hardwood forests in leaf and log litter. There are host records from Tubifera ferruginea ( Miller and Wheeler 2005) . Specimens in Nova Scotia were collected in red spruce, eastern hemlock, and deciduous forests.

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