Microrhagus pectinatus LeConte, 1866

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, observations on composition and zoogeography, and comments on the rarity of saproxylic beetles, Zootaxa 1636, pp. 33-46 : 36-37

Microrhagus pectinatus LeConte, 1866

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouquac National Park, 27-29.ix.1977, S.J. Miller, CNC. NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Big St. Margarets Bay, 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, old red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Ten Mile Lake, 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Hants Co.: Little Armstrong Lake, 1-16.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, NSMC; Inverness Co.: Lone Shieling, 19.vi.1983, Y. Bousquet, flight-intercept trap, CNC; Lone Shieling, 1.vii.1983, J.R. Vockeroth, malaise trap, CNC; Lunenburg Co.: 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, (2), NSMC; Pictou Co.: Green Hill, 2.vii.2004, D. MacDonald, flight-intercept trap, NSNR.

In Nova Scotia several specimens collected red spruce ( Picea rubens ) forests ( Fig. 3 ). Reared from Fagus , Platanus , and Ulmus spp. ( Muona 2000). Widespread in both eastern and western North America ( Muona 2000) .

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FIGURE 3. The distribution of Microrhagus pectinatus LeConte, Microrhagus subsinuatus LeConte, and Microrhagus triangularis (Say) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.