Agathidium oniscoides Palisot de Beauvois, 1817

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 380

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.2.56
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793441
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scientific name	Agathidium oniscoides Palisot de Beauvois, 1817
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NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Wentworth , 21.V.1965, B. Wright, (1, NSMC) ; Queens Co.: Sixth Lake , 18.VI.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (1, NSMC) .

Agathidium oniscoides is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in Atlantic Canada as a whole ( Fig. 6 View Fig ). This species was collected throughout the year (except for January) in various deciduous forest habitats in leaf and log litter samples. Host records include the fungi Bjerkandera adusta (Fr.) Kar. , and “fleshy fungi,” and the slime molds Fulgio septica , Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Müll.) Mac. , and other myxomycetes ( Miller and Wheeler 2005). The Nova Scotia record in an old-growth hemlock forest is noteworthy.

References

Wheeler QD, Miller KB (2005) Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part I. Coleoptera: Leiodidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 290: 1 - 95.

Figures

Fig. 6. Distribution of Agathidium atronitens, Agathidium depressum, Agathidium difforme, Agathidium fawcettae, Agathidium oniscoides, and Agathidium rusticum in Atlantic Canada.