Phymaphora pulchella Newman, 1838

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 : 44-45

Phymaphora pulchella Newman, 1838

NEW BRUNSWICK: Carleton Co.: Meduxnekeeg Valley Preserve, 19.viii.2004, R.P. Webster, hardwood forest: decaying fleshy fungi, RPWC. NOVA SCOTIA: 22 specimens examined from Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, and Queens counties. The earliest record is from 1960 (Kings Co.: Cambridge Station, 29.x.1960, D.H. Webster, under bark of Populus tremuloides Michx. DHWC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 13.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, on Piptoporus betulinus (Fr.) Kar. on Betula papyrifera Marshall , CGMC.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ( Fig. 3 ). Associated with Piptoporus betulinus (Polyporaceae) and Donkia pulcherrima (B. & C.) Pilt ( Hydnaceae ) (F. Shockley, pers. comm.). On Prince Edward Island, found on birch polypore (P. b e t u l i n u s).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of Phymaphora pulchella Newman, Rhanidea unicolor (Ziegler), and Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.