Catops alsiosus alsiosus (Horn, 1885)

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 alsiosus alsiosus (Horn, 1885)

NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Big Dam Lake, Kejimkujik National Park , 27.VI-7. VII.2004, H. Love, hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (1, CGMC) ; Queens Co.: Medway River , 13.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (2, JCC) .

This is a northern, boreal species reported by Peck and Cook (2002) from Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia ( Fig. 10 ). It is a rarely collected species, most frequently found in sphagnum bogs, boreal spruce forests, or open-tundra vegetation but occasionally in tall grass prairie, mixed deciduous, and aspen forests It is found at carrion, rotting mushrooms, 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.