Colon (Colon) politum Peck and Stephan, 1996

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 366

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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.56

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793445

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scientific name

Colon (Colon) politum Peck and Stephan, 1996
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Colon (Colon) politum Peck and Stephan, 1996

LABRADOR: Churchill Falls, 18-26.VII.1996, R.J. Penney, pan trap, (1, CBU) .

Colon politum is newly recorded in Labrador and in Atlantic Canada. It is a Holarctic species previously recorded from Alaska east to Saskatchewan ( Peck and Stephan 1996). This record represents a range extension of 2,700 km to the east within North America. No specific information is available on the bionomics of this species. Many species of Colon are believed to be associated with subterranean fungi ( Peck and Stephan 1996).

CBU

Cape Breton University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Colon

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