Pytho americanus Kirby 1837

Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837 Broadly distributed throughout North America; in Canada recorded in every province except for Prince Edward Island, and not on the island of Newfoundland. In the Maritime Provinces primarily recorded in southern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (Fig. 2). In the United State...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Pythidae
Pytho
Pytho americanus
Canada
Carr
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6261827
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6261827
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Summary:Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837 Broadly distributed throughout North America; in Canada recorded in every province except for Prince Edward Island, and not on the island of Newfoundland. In the Maritime Provinces primarily recorded in southern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (Fig. 2). In the United States widely distributed in the east and west with fewer records in the Great Plains. Larvae found under bark, primarily of Pinus spp. and also Picea mariana, and Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. (Pinaceae) (Pollock 1991). In Nova Scotia found associated with Pinus strobus, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., and Picea rubens Sarg. (Pinaceae). Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, pp. 37-51 in Zootaxa 1250 on page 42, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.172996

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