Enoclerus nigripes nigripes (Say, 1823)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 40-41

Enoclerus nigripes nigripes (Say, 1823)

NOVA SCOTIA: Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater, 28.v.1965, B. Wright, NSMC; Bridgewater, 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, NSMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia ( Figure 6 ) [Specimens of E. n nigripes from NB were not available for examination; consequently they are not plotted on the distribution map.]. Recorded as a predator on larvae and adults of Scolytinae and Pissodes sp. ( Curculionidae ) in pine ( Pinus ), spruce ( Picea ), and juniper ( Juniperus ) ( Cupressaceae ); on Scolytinae , Curculionidae , and small lignicolous insects in deciduous trees; also as a predator of Hygluropinus rufipes Eichoff ( Curculionidae : Scolytinae ) in elm ( Ulmus ) ( Knull 1951).

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FIGURE 6. Distribution of Enoclerus n. nigripes, E. n. rufiventris, and E. muttkowskii in the Maritime Provinces.