Leiodes valida ( Horn, 1880 )

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 375-376

Leiodes valida ( Horn, 1880)

LABRADOR: OtterCreek , 27.VII.1986, K.E.Pardy,(1, CFNL).

NEWFOUNDLAND: Daniels Harbour, 22-23.VII.1949, E. Palmen, (1, MZHF); Pasedena , 20.VIII.1980, F. Walsh, (1, CFNL) ; Glide Lake , 31.VIII.1993, 29.IX.1993, 23.VII.1994, 3.VIII.1994, 23.VIII.1994, W. Bowers, balsam fir burn, (11, CFNL).

NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville, 25.IX.2002, D.H. Webster, flying in yard, (1, DHWC).

Leiodes valida is newly recorded in Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. It was recorded from New Brunswick by Baranowski (1993) ( Fig. 4 ). It is the largest North American species in the genus Leiodes . Nothing is known of its bionomics ( Baranowski 1993).

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Fig. 4. Distribution of Leiodes assimilis, Leiodes collaris, Leiodes punctostriata. Leiodes strigata, and Leiodes valida in the Atlantic Provinces. Some locations in Labrador are not shown.