Tritoma pulchra Say, 1826

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, Zootaxa 1546, pp. 39-50 : 44

Tritoma pulchra Say, 1826

NOVA SCOTIA: 38 specimens examined from Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, Richmond, and Yarmouth counties ( Fig. 1 ). The earliest record is from 1974 (Lunenburg Co.: Big Mushamush Lake, 30.vi.1974, B. Wright, NSMC).

Adults and larvae are found in various mushrooms and soft polypore fungi in the genera Ceriporia, Ganoderma, Oligoporus , Piptoporus , Polyporus, Russula, Stemonitis , and Tyromyces ( Skelley et al. 1991) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Dacne quadrimaculata (Say) and Tritoma pulchra Say in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.