Diapterna omissa (LeConte, 1850)**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 27-40 : 29-30

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2607

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E797E1FE-2438-59EF-9CD5-B3D477EE7752

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scientific name

Diapterna omissa (LeConte, 1850)**
status

 

Diapterna omissa (LeConte, 1850)** Map 7 View Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Slagundy Dry Ponds, 45.8596°N, 67.1849°W, 8.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, large vernal pond, in moist leaves on pond margin (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Gordon and Skelley (2007) noted that this species was restricted to pond and swamp margins and was likely a detritivore. The sole speci men from New Brunswick was sifted from moist leaves on the margin of a large vernal pond during July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

YK, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, NB ( McNamara 1991).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Diapterna