Agathidium oniscoides Palisot de Beauvois, 1817

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 380

Agathidium oniscoides Palisot de Beauvois, 1817

NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Wentworth , 21.V.1965, B. Wright, (1, NSMC) ; Queens Co.: Sixth Lake , 18.VI.2003, P. Dollin, old-growth hemlock forest, pitfall trap, (1, NSMC) .

Agathidium oniscoides is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in Atlantic Canada as a whole ( Fig. 6 ). This species was collected throughout the year (except for January) in various deciduous forest habitats in leaf and log litter samples. Host records include the fungi Bjerkandera adusta (Fr.) Kar. , and “fleshy fungi,” and the slime molds Fulgio septica , Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Müll.) Mac. , and other myxomycetes ( Miller and Wheeler 2005). The Nova Scotia record in an old-growth hemlock forest is noteworthy.

Figures

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