Agathidium difforme (LeConte, 1850)

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 377-378

Agathidium difforme (LeConte, 1850)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Northumberland Co.: Tabusintac , 18.VI.1939, W.J. Brown, (1, CNC).

NOVA SCOTIA: Guysborough Co.: George Lake , 15-30.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (1, NSMC); Halifax Co.: Big St. Margarets Bay , 1-16. VII.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (1, NSMC) ; Moser Lake , 2-15.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (1, NSMC) ; Pogwa Lake , 15-30.VI.1987, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (1, NSMC) ; Ten Mile Lake , 15-30.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, (2, NSMC) .

Agathidium difforme is newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and in Atlantic Canada ( Fig. 6 ). It was collected in fir, pine, spruce, birch, maple, and poplar forests. Host records include the slime molds Stemonitis sp. and a “red, tubular slime mold” ( Miller and Wheeler 2005). All the specimens collected in Nova Scotia were found in red spruce forests.

Figures

Fig. 6. Distribution of Agathidium atronitens, Agathidium depressum, Agathidium difforme, Agathidium fawcettae, Agathidium oniscoides, and Agathidium rusticum in Atlantic Canada.