Hallomenus scapularis Melsheimer

Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 1248, pp. 45-68 : 52-53

Hallomenus scapularis Melsheimer

NOVA SCOTIA: Guysborough Co.: Borneo, summer 1995, C. Corkum, NSMC; Trafalgar, 19.vii.1992, S. and J. Peck, 3 specimens, JCC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 23.vii.1997, R.F. Lauff, STFX; Queens Co.: Kejimkujik National Park, 28.vii–11.viii.1994, B. Wright, NSMC; Shelburne Co.: Clyde River Rd, 16.vii.1992, S. and J. Peck, 3 specimens, JCC; Yarmouth Co.: Carleton, 22.viii.1992, J. and T. Cook, JCC; Perry Rd, Carleton, 18.vii.1993, J. and T. Cook, JCC.

Newly recorded from Nova Scotia. Found on fungi growing on dead trees ( Chantal 1985). In Nova Scotia, found in both deciduous and coniferous forests; primarily collected by car netting.