Zenodosus sanguineus (Say, 1835)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 33

Zenodosus sanguineus (Say, 1835)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Yor k C o.: Fredericton, 14.ix.1987, N. Albert, UMNB; New Brunswick (no further data), NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 75 specimens examined from Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Pictou, Queens, and Richmond counties. The earliest record is from 1967 (Inverness Co.: Bras d'Or Lake, 17.v.1967, J. Gilhen, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 17.viii.2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 25.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Widely distributed in the region ( Figure 1 ). In Nova Scotia observed in association with the galleries of scolytines ( Curculionidae ) “feeding” on red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg ,) ( Pinaceae ); also in white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) ( Pinaceae ) and eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) ( Pinaceae ) forests. Knull (1951) reported it as diurnal and found under the bark of trees infested with lignicolous boring insects.

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of Zenodosus sanguineus in the Maritime Provinces.