Antherophagus convexulus LeConte 1863

• Main Authors: Majka, Christopher, Langor, David
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Cryptophagidae; Antherophagus; Antherophagus convexulus; Breton Island; Canada; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789550; https://zenodo.org/record/3789550

Antherophagus convexulus LeConte, 1863 Antherophagus convexulus was reported from both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by Bousquet (1991). There are a number of records from both the mainland of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island (Fig. 1), however, we have not been able to locate voucher specimens or published records of this species from New Brunswick. We provisionally retain this species for the New Brunswick fauna (subject to confirmation) since it is also known from the neighbouring jurisdictions of Québec and Maine (Procter 1946; Laplante et al. 1991), and is to be expected in the province. Antherophagus species are phoretic on bumblebees ( Bombus spp.) and are often found in their nests or at flowers where their larvae apparently feed on organic detritus (Bousquet 1989; Leschen and Skelley 2002). : Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2010, Contributions towards an understanding of the Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) of Atlantic Canada, pp. 13-35 in ZooKeys 35 (35) on page 18, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.35.314, http://zenodo.org/record/576615 : {"references": ["Bousquet Y (1991) Family Cryptophagidae: silken fungus beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada: Research Branch Publication 1861 / E, 221 - 223.", "Procter W (1946) Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII: The Insect Fauna. Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 566 pp. http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 29157 [accessed 4. VIII. 2009].", "Laplante S, Bousquet Y, Belanger P, Chantal C (1991) Liste des especes de coleopteres du Quebec. Fabreries Supplement 6, 136 pp.", "Bousquet Y (1989) A review of the North American genera of Cryptophaginae (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 43 (1): 1 - 17.", "Leschen AB, Skelley PE (2002) Cryptophagidae Kirby 1837. In: Arnett RH, Jr, Thomas MC, Skelley PE, Frank JH (Eds) American Beetles, Volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 338 - 342."]}