Zenodosus sanguineus (Say, 1835)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Yor k C o.: Fredericton, 14.ix.1987, N. Albert, UMNB; New Brunswick (no further data), NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 75 specimens examined from Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Pictou, Queens, and Richmond counties. The earliest record is from 1967 (Inverness Co.: Bras d'Or Lake, 17.v.1967, J. Gilhen, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 17.viii.2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 25.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Widely distributed in the region (Figure 1). In Nova Scotia observed in association with the galleries of scolytines ( Curculionidae) “feeding” on red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg,) ( Pinaceae); also in white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) ( Pinaceae) and eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) ( Pinaceae) forests. Knull (1951) reported it as diurnal and found under the bark of trees infested with lignicolous boring insects.