Trogoderma ornatum ( Say, 1825 )

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 15-16

Trogoderma ornatum ( Say, 1825)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Halifax , 19.x.1990, 4.iii.1991, 3.iv.1991, and summer 1990, B. Wright, (10), NSMC ; Porter's Lake , 5.vi.1987, L. Conrad, (3), NSMC .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 6 ). Widely distributed throughout the USA ( Beal 2003); in Canada recorded from Ontario and Québec (Bousquet 1991, Beal 2003). Reported as predators of larvae in nests of Apis mellifera L ( Noya & Velez 1998), Trypoxylon clavatum Say, T.

striatum Provancher, Monobia quadridens (L.), Anthophora bomboides Kirby , and other Hymenoptera (R. Beal, pers. comm.).

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FIGURE 6. Distribution of Trogoderma inclusum LeConte, Trogoderma ornatum (Say), Trogoderma s. sternale Jayne, and Trogoderma variable Ballion in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.