Priognathus monilicornis (Randall, 1838)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1250, pp. 37-51 : 42

Priognathus monilicornis (Randall, 1838)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 13 July 2002, C.G. Majka, old field, CGMC; St. Patricks, 27 June 2003, C.G. Majka, coniferous forest, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces ( Fig. 1 ). Found in Alaska and in Canada from the Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ( Campbell 1991c). Transcontinental in areas of boreal forest. Larvae live in sapwood or red­rotten conifer logs ( Pollock 2002c).

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of Priognathus monilicornis, Boros unicolor, Lecontia discicollis, and Lacconotus punctatus in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.