Thanasimus undatulus (Say, 1835 )

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 39-40

Thanasimus undatulus (Say, 1835)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 2.vii. 1907, A.G. Leavitt, NBM; Saint John, vii. 190 X, ( 3), W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 159 specimens examined from Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, and Queens counties. The earliest record is from 1897 ( Halifax Co.: Halifax, 1897, Evans ( 1899)). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 27.vi. 2003, C.G. Majka, coniferous forest, CGMC.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Widely distributed in the region ( Figure 5). In Point Pleasant Park, Nova Scotia, found in association with the galleries of Scolytinae feeding on red spruce ( Picea rubens ) and white pine ( Pinus strobus ). The most abundant scolytines found in these galleries ( 75 % of individuals) are Hylurgops rugipennis pinifex , Trypodendron lineatum , and Polygraphus rufipennis in spruce, and Ips pini and Pityogenes hopkinsi in pine (C. Majka, unpublished data).