Penthe obliquata Fabricius ...

• Main Authors: Majka, Christopher G., Pollock, Darren A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Tetratomidae; Penthe; Penthe obliquata; Breton Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5697634; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5697634

Penthe obliquata (Fabricius) NOVA SCOTIA: 23 specimens from Cape Breton, Colchester, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Queens, and Victoria counties were examined. The earliest records are from 1935 and 1947 (Annapolis Co.: Round Hill, NS, 23.vi.1935, F.C. Gilliatt, ACNS; Victoria Co.: Baddeck, NS, 3.vii.1947, D.C. Ferguson, NSMC). Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Generally distributed in both mainland and on Cape Breton Island. In Nova Scotia collected under bark of coniferous trees (Picea rubens Sarg., Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., Pinus strobus L., and Abies balsamaea (L.) Mill) and on redbelted polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola (Fr.) Kar.) on these trees. ... : Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 45-68 in Zootaxa 1248 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172970 ...