Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius, 1801)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health, Zootaxa 1546, pp. 39-50 : 47-48

Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius, 1801)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Dartmouth, 14.viii.1986, E. Angelopoulos, (3), NSMC; Sable Island, vii.1966 -67, H. Howden, CNC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 14.x.2006, D.H. Webster, in basement, (2), DHWC.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Hampton, 7.ix.1971, R.N. Sinha, in spilled oats, CNC.

The distribution in the Maritime Provinces of this widely distributed, adventive, Palearctic species is shown in Fig. 3 . It is associated with stored products in mills, granaries, warehouses and cellars where it feeds on Zygomycete hyphae. It has also been found in old tree trunks, caves, and bee hives ( Bousquet 1990).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of Phymaphora pulchella Newman, Rhanidea unicolor (Ziegler), and Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.