Catops americanus Hatch, 1928

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 388

Catops americanus Hatch, 1928

NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Channel Lake, Kejimkujik National Park , 18.IX-2.X.2004, H. Love, red maple-red oak-birch forest, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC) ; Antigonish Co.: Antigonish , 26.V-2.VII.1984, McMillan, flight-intercept trap, (8, CMN) ; Morar , 29.IV.1993, M. LeBlanc, (1, NSNR) ; Halifax Co.: Burnside , 12.V.2003, 7.V.2004, 10.V.2004, C. Cormier, on dead pig, (4, SMU) ; Hants Co.: Little Armstrong Lake , 14.V-2.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: MacKenzies Mountain, Cape Breton Highlands National Park , 17.VI.1983, Y. Bousquet, forest, (1, CNC) ; Kings Co.: Kentville , 12.V.1961, D.H. Webster, on decaying fox, (1, DHWC) ; Pictou Co.: French River , 19-21. VII.1997, S. and J. Peck, flight-intercept trap, (1, SBP) ; Queens Co.: Canning Field, Kejimkujik National Park , 13-21.VIII.2005, R. Ewing, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC) ; Cobreille Lake, Kejimkujik National Park , 27.VI-6.VII.2004, H. Love, red maple-red oak-birch forest, pitfall trap, (7, CGMC) ; Kejimkujik National Park , 26.IX-19.X.1994, B. Wright, hemlock forest, (1, NSMC) .

Catops americanus was reported by Peck and Cook (2002) from Nova Scotia, but not from New Brunswick ( Fig 10 ). It was formerly listed as occurring in New Brunswick in Peck (1991), however, this was prior to the description of the very similar C. paramericanus ( Peck and Cook 2002) , which is recorded as occurring in New Brunswick. Presumably, earlier reports of C. americanus from New Brunswick are now ascribable to C. paramericanus . It is found at carrion and by sifting litter in deciduous forests and in mammal nests ( Peck and Cook 2002).

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Fig. 10. Distribution of Catops a. alsiosus, Catops americanus, Catops gratiosus, Catops paramericanus, and Prionochaeta opaca in Atlantic Canada. Locations in Labrador are not shown.