Triplax macra
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Erotylidae
Genus: Triplax
Name
Triplax macra LeConte 1854 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 28.VII.2008, 18.VIII.2008, 20.IX.2008, mature hardwood forest, in Hapalophilus nitulans (a fleshy polypore fungus) (18, NBM, RWC); same locality and forest type but 12–19.VI.2008, 12–19.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC); same locality and habitat data but 21–28.VI.2009, Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 13–20.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 30.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM); same locality and collectors but 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31.V-15.VI.2011, 27.VI–14.VII.2011, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, NBM, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 10–30.VIII.2010, R. Webster & K. Burgess, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC)
Collection and habitat data
A long series of adults of Triplax macra were collected from Hapalophilus nitulans (Fr.) Kar. (a fleshy polypore fungus) in a mature hardwood forest. Additional adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps at this same site and from funnel traps deployed in an old red pine forest, an old red oak forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old-growth white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) forest. Adults were captured during July, August, and September. Skelley et al. (1991)[1] reported this species from two Inonotus sp. and Pleurotus ostreatus Fr.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Campbell 1991b[2]; Majka 2007[3]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Sphindidae, Erotylidae, Monotomidae, and Cryptophagidae ZooKeys, 179: 169-192. doi
Other References
- ↑ Skelley P, Goodrich M, Leschen R (1991) Fungal host records for the Erotylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of America north of Mexico. Entomological News 102: 57-72.
- ↑ Campbell J (1991b) Family Erotylidae: pleasing fungus beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, Publication 1861/E, 225–226.
- ↑ Majka C (2007) The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime provinces of Canada: new records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle–fungi relationships and forest health. Zootaxa 1546: 39-50.
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