Stelidota octomaculata
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Nitidulinae
Genus: Stelidota
Name
Stelidota octomaculata (Say, 1825) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 2.IX.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, in nest of black Formica species (mound building species) (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 31.VIII–15.IX.2011, C. Hughes & R. P. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
Stelidota octomaculata has been reported from decaying fruit and fungi, coral fungi (Downie and Arnett 1996[1]), gilled mushrooms, decaying pigs, and from pitfall traps deployed in a hardwood forest (Majka and Cline 2006[2]). One specimen from New Brunswick was found in a Formica ant nest in an old red oak (Quercus rubra L.) stand; two others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the same forest. Adults were collected during September.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
ON, QC, NB, NS (McNamara 1991b[3]; Majka and Cline 2006[2]).
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Coleoptera records for New Brunswick, Canada: Kateretidae, Nitidulidae, Cerylonidae, Endomychidae, Coccinellidae, and Latridiidae ZooKeys, 179: 193-214. doi
Other References
- ↑ Downie N, Arnett R (1996) The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Volumes 1 and 2. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 1721 pp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Majka C, Cline A (2006) Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime provinces of Canada. I. New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Canadian Entomologist 138: 314-332. doi: 10.4039/n05-070
- ↑ McNamara J (1991b) Family Nitidulidae: sap beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed). Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario: 214-219.
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