Endomychus biguttatus Say, 1824

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, Zootaxa 1546, pp. 39-50 : 46

Endomychus biguttatus Say, 1824

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 10.viii.1901, W. McIntosh, NBM; Saint John, vii.190?, W. McIntosh, NBM; Yo r k C o.: New Maryland, 11.vi.2003, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, RPWC. NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Shubenacadie, 4.viii.2004, D. MacDonald, flight intercept trap, NSBR; Inverness Co.: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, 9.ix.1997, J. Ogden, old-growth maple forest, JOC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 23.viii.1948, R.E. Morehouse, NSAC; Kentville, 6.v.1999, D.H. Webster, DHWC.

The distribution in the Maritime Provinces is shown in Fig. 4 . Feeds and reproduces on Schizophyllum communae Fr. (Schizophyllaceae) although it is also found on Auricularia spp. ( Auriculariaceae ) and P. b e t u - linus ( Leschen & Carlton 1988, F. Shockley pers. comm.).

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of Endomychus biguttatus Say, Danae testacea (Ziegler), Hadromychus chandleri Bousquet & Leschen, Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, and Mycetina perpulchra (Newman) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.