Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1250, pp. 37-51 : 42

Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837

Broadly distributed throughout North America; in Canada recorded in every province except for Prince Edward Island, and not on the island of Newfoundland. In the Maritime Provinces primarily recorded in southern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ( Fig. 2 ). In the United States widely distributed in the east and west with fewer records in the Great Plains. Larvae found under bark, primarily of Pinus spp. and also Picea mariana , and Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. (Pinaceae) ( Pollock 1991). In Nova Scotia found associated with Pinus strobus , Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., and Picea rubens Sarg. (Pinaceae) .

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Pytho niger, P. americanus, P. seidlitzi, and P. s t r i c t u s in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.