Anisotoma geminata ( 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 : 385

Anisotoma geminata ( Horn, 1880)

NOVA SCOTIA: Hants Co.: Panuke Lake , 16-29.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 19.VI-9.VIII.1983, various collectors, (10 CNC) ; MacKenzies Mountain, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 19.VI-9.VIII.1983, various collectors, (9, CNC) ; MacKenzies Mountain, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 25.VI.1983, Y. Bousquet, pan trap, (2, CNC) ; Queens Co.: Medway River , 13.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (1, JCC) ; Victoria Co.: North Mountain , 19.VI-9.VIII.1983, (1, CNC) ; Yarmouth Co.: Wellington , 12-20.VIII.1991, J. Cook, flight-intercept trap, (1, JCC) ; Wellington , 25.VI-3.VII.1995, J. and F. Cook, mixed forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, JCC) ; Wellington , 15-24.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, flight-intercept trap, (3, JCC) .

Anisotoma geminata is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in Atlantic Canada ( Fig. 9 ). Adults have been found between April and December in stump and forest litter. Slime mold hosts include Stemonitis axifera , S. fusca , and Tubifera ferruginosa ( Wheeler 1979) .

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Fig. 9. Distribution of Anisotoma blanchardi, Anisotoma discolor, Anisotoma geminata, Nemadus brachyderus, Nemadus integer, and Nemadus triangulum in Atlantic Canada.