Placonotus zimmermanni ( LeConte, 1854 )

Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 221-238 : 231

Placonotus zimmermanni ( LeConte, 1854)

NOVA SCOTIA: Lunenburg Co.: 30.VI.1965, B. Wright, red oak, window trap, (1, NSMC) .

Placonotus zimmermanni is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada ( Fig. 2 ). Thomas (1993) collected this species under the bark of dead hardwoods, especially oaks ( Quercus spp.) on or near ascomycete fungi. In Nova Scotia it was collected on red oak ( Quercus rubra ).

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Fig. 2. Distribution of Dendrophagus cygnaei, Cucujus c. clavipes, Pediacus fuscus, Laemophloeus biguttatus, and Placonotus zimmermanni in Atlantic Canada. Inset map shows records from Labrador.