Epuraea obtusicollis Reitter, 1873

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 345

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.2.23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793333

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scientific name

Epuraea obtusicollis Reitter, 1873
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Epuraea obtusicollis Reitter, 1873

York Co.: Charters Settlement , 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 28.VIII.2004, R.P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, baited with decaying mushrooms, (4, RWC) GoogleMaps ; same locality, 19.IX.2005, R.P. Webster, baited with pile of decaying mushrooms, (1, RWC) GoogleMaps .

Epuraea obtusicollis has been recorded in Canada from British Columbia east to Québec ( McNamara 1991), and in the United States from Maine south to North Carolina and west to Arizona and California ( Parsons 1943). The species has been found under the bark of beech ( Fagus sp., Fagaceae ), in fungi, under old leaves, and in humus ( Parsons 1943).

McNamara J (1991) Family Nitidulidae: sap beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Research Branch Publication 1861 / E.: 214 - 217.

Parsons CT (1943) A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 121 - 278.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Nitidulidae

SubFamily

Epuraeinae

Genus

Epuraea