Phalacrus penicillatus Say, 1824

Majka, Christopher, Gimmel, Matthew & Langor, David, 2008, The Phalacridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of Canada: new records, distribution, and bionomics with a particular focus on the Atlantic Canadian fauna, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 209-220 : 211

Phalacrus penicillatus Say, 1824

MANITOBA: Division No. 7, Aweme, 16.VII.1917, N. Criddle (1, NFRC). SASKATCHEWAN: Division No. 8, Lancer Ferry, 30.VI.1975, (1, NFRC).

Phalacrus penicillatus is newly recorded from Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The species is a western North American one that has been recorded in the United States from Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington ( LeConte 1856; Casey 1916; Snow 1906; Hatch 1962; Bechtel et al. 1983; Caterino 2006) and in Canada from British Columbia ( Hatch 1962; Campbell 1991). No specific information on its biology is available, but it is probably associated with smuts like other species in the genus Phalacrus .