Dorcatoma falli White, 1965

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 31

Dorcatoma falli White, 1965

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Sandy Lake , 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce forest, flightintercept trap, NSMC ; Hants Co.: Leminister , 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce-hemlock forest, flightintercept trap, NSMC ; Panuke Lake , 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce-hemlock forest, flightintercept trap, (3), NSMC ; Lunenburg Co.: Card Lake , 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old-growth red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC ; Queens Co.: Sixth Lake , 11.vii.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, sweeping, NSMC .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 14 ). Recorded in the USA in Montana, Missouri, Maryland, and South Carolina ( White 1982); in Canada known from Ontario ( McNamara 1991c). Associated with woody fungi including Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff. ex Fr.) , Ganoderma spp. , and Elfingia spp. ( Polyporaceae ) ( White 1982, Philips 2002). It is noteworthy that almost all specimens were collected in old-growth coniferous forests.

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FIGURE 14. Distribution of Byrrhodes intermedius (LeConte), Caenocara oculata (Say), Dorcatoma falli White, Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte, Sculptotheca puberula (LeConte), and Stagetus profundus (LeConte) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.