Octotemnus laevis Casey, 1898

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments, Zootaxa 1654 (1), pp. 1-20 : 9

Octotemnus laevis Casey, 1898

Previously recorded from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( McNamara 1991) ( Fig. 4 ). Lawrence (1971) and Lawrence & Thayer (2002) both pointed out that O. laevis may be conspecific with the Palearctic Octotemnus glabriculus (Gyllenhal) . If this is so, given the very broad distribution of this species in North America ( Lawrence 1982) , it would appear to be a Holarctic species.

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FIGURE 4. The Distribution of Octotemnus laevis Casey and Orthocis punctatus (Mellié) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.