Penthe obliquata Fabricius

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,...

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Main Authors: Majka, Christopher G., Pollock, Darren A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: Zenodo 2006
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5697634
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Summary: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