Scotochroides antennatus Mank, 1939

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 215-242 : 232

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2598

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/84B8BC78-7AEC-0DE2-53DC-9D229A563176

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scientific name

Scotochroides antennatus Mank, 1939
status

 

Scotochroides antennatus Mank, 1939 View in CoL Map 21

Material examined.

New Brunswick,Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 19-29.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 16-26.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, and in an old eastern white cedar forest/swamp. In Nova Scotia, this species was collected from conifer stands, mostly from flight intercept traps or by sweeping foliage ( Majka and Pollock 2006). Adults were captured during July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006).

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melandryidae

SubFamily

Melandryinae

Tribe

Serropalpini

Genus

Scotochroides