Charaphloeus convexulus (LeConte, 1879)

Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 221-238 : 230-231

Charaphloeus convexulus (LeConte, 1879)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Halifax , VI.1897, J.D. Evans, Evans (1899) ; Waverley , 14.V.1965, B. Wright, window trap in red oak, (1, NSMC) ; Hants Co.: Mount Uniake , 16.VI.1947, W.J. Brown, (1, CNC) ; Kings Co.: Aldershot , 15.V.1950, H.T. Stultz, (1, ACNS) ; Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater , 12.V.1965, 27.V.1965, 19.VI.1965, 30.VI.1965, 16-19.V.1965, 10-14.V.1965, B. Wright, window trap in red oak, (6, NSMC) ; Queens Co.: Medway River , 13.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (1, JCC) .

Charaphloeus convexulus is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada ( Fig. 1 ). Although species was originally reported from Halifax, Nova Scotia by Evans (1899), subsequent authors have overlooked this early record. Found under bark ( Thomas 1993).

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Fig. 1. Distribution of Silvanus bidentatus, Laemophloeus fasciatus, Uleiota debilis, Uleiota d. dubius, Charaphloeus convexulus, and C. sp. nr. adustus in Atlantic Canada.