Acylomus pugetanus Casey 1916

Acylomus pugetanus Casey, 1916 NEWFOUNDLAND: Labrador (Guillebeau 1894; see note below). NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Bible Hill, 19.VII.2005, A. Mills, pasture, (1, DAL); Bible Hill, 10.VI.2004, 22.VII.2004, 5.VIII.2004, 31.V.2005, K. Aikens, pasture, (4, CBU); Bible Hill, 18.VIII.2005, S.M. Townse...

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Main Authors: Majka, Christopher, Gimmel, Matthew, Langor, David
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Published: Zenodo 2008
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793120
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Summary:Acylomus pugetanus Casey, 1916 NEWFOUNDLAND: Labrador (Guillebeau 1894; see note below). NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Bible Hill, 19.VII.2005, A. Mills, pasture, (1, DAL); Bible Hill, 10.VI.2004, 22.VII.2004, 5.VIII.2004, 31.V.2005, K. Aikens, pasture, (4, CBU); Bible Hill, 18.VIII.2005, S.M. Townsend, pasture, (1, CBU); Truro, no date or collector information, (1, NSAC); Cumberland Co.: WestchesterLondonderry, 20.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, forest road, car net, (7, JCC); Guysborough Co.: Trafalgar, 19.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, car net, (15, JCC); Halifax Co.: Upper Tantallon, 17.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, car net, (1, JCC); Queens Co.: Medway River, 13.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (3, JCC); Shelburne Co.: Clyde River Rd., 16.VII.1992, J. and T. Cook, forest, car net, (7, JCC); Sebim Beach, 19.vii, 1993, J. and T. Cook, (1, JCC); Yarmouth Co.: Carleton, Perry Rd., 22.VIII.1992, 18.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (2, JCC); Quinlan, Coldstream Rd., 19.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (1, JCC). Acylomus pugetanus is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada (Fig. 3). In Canada it has previously been recorded from Manitoba east to Québec (Campbell 1991) and in the United States from Maine and Washington state south to Virginia, Arkansas, Utah, and Oregon (Steiner and Singh 1987). Adults and larvae of A. pugetanus feed on the sclerotia of ergot fungi ( Claviceps spp., Clavicipitaceae) found growing on grains and wild grasses such as wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.), rye ( Secale cereale L.), quack grass ( Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.), meadow fescue ( Festuca pratensis Huds.), and salt-meadow grass ( Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl.) (Poaceae) (Steiner and Singh 1987). Consequently they occur in open habitats where such grasses grow. In Nova Scotia many specimens have been collected in pastures. Th ere has been some interest in this species in relation to agriculture, both as a potential biocontrol agent of ergot, as well as a potential vector of the disease (Steiner and Singh 1987). The many specimens collected by car ...