Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer)

Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 1248, pp. 45-68 : 60

Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer)

NOVA SCOTIA: 78 specimens examined from Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Richmond, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest records are from 1965 (Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater, 19.vi.1965, B. Wright, 13 specimens, NSMC; Bridgewater, 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, 2 specimens, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings Co.: Woodville Mills, 23.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 21.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 22.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 14.vii.14 2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 27.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 29.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island. In Manitoba, Canifa larvae have been found under the bark of dead poplar ( Pollock 2002b). Adults are found on foliage and vegetation in forested environments. In Nova Scotia, commonly found in both coniferous ( Picea rubens ., P. mariana , and Pinus strobus ) and deciduous forests.