Caenocara oculata (Say, 1824)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 30

Caenocara oculata (Say, 1824)

NOVA SCOTIA: 26 specimens examined from Cumberland, Guysborough , Halifax , Queens , Yarmouth , and Kings counties ( Table 1.) The earliest record is from 1970 (Halifax Co.: Tomahawk Lake , 6.vi.1970, P. Doleman & J. Gilhen, NSMC) .

This species was recorded from New Brunswick by ( McNamara 1991c). No specimens from the province in any collection were located nor are there published records which would authenticate the report. Consequently the species is removed from the faunal list of New Brunswick, although it is likely to occur there. Otherwise known from Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia ( McNamara 1991c) ( Fig. 14 ). Larvae live in puffballs ( Lycoperdon spp. , Lycoperdales) ( White 1982, Philips 2002).

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FIGURE 14. Distribution of Byrrhodes intermedius (LeConte), Caenocara oculata (Say), Dorcatoma falli White, Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte, Sculptotheca puberula (LeConte), and Stagetus profundus (LeConte) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.