Malacocis brevicollis (Casey, 1898)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments, Zootaxa 1654 (1), pp. 1-20 : 9

Malacocis brevicollis (Casey, 1898)

NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Durland Lake , 6.vi.2003, 21.vi.2003, bracket fungi in hemlock/balsam fir/ red spruce forest, (6), NSMC ; Queens Co.: Eight Mile Lake , 9.vii.2003, P. Dollin, bracket fungus in red spruce forest, (4), NSMC ; Tobeatic Lake , 3.vi.2003, P. Dollin, red spruce snag in red spruce forest, (2), NSMC .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 3 ). It usually occurs alone in conks in the northern part of its range ( Lawrence 1971).

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FIGURE 3. The distribution of Cis pistoria Casey, Cis striolatus Casey, Dolichocis manitoba Dury, Hadreule elongatula (Gyllenhal), and Malacocis brevicollis (Casey) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.