Paromalus teres LeConte, 1878

Majka, Christopher, 2008, Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 189-202 : 192

Paromalus teres LeConte, 1878

Prince Edward Island: Kings Co.: Woodville Mills, 23.VII.2001, C.G. Majka, Dryocoetes autographus burrows in Picea rubens , (1, CGMC) ; Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 19.VII.2001, 14.VII.2002, 17.VIII.2002, 18.VIII.2002, Dryocoetes affaber , Ips borealis , and Polygraphus rufipennis burrows in Picea rubens , (7, CGMC).

Paromalus teres is newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. The species is generally distributed in the Maritime Provinces, although few records are known from New Brunswick ( Fig. 1 ). It has been recorded in Canada from the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia and occurs in neighbouring states in the United States from Minnesota to New York and Connecticut. It is found under the bark of dead spruces and pines ( Bousquet and Laplante 2006).

Figures

Fig. 1. The distribution of Margarinotus faedatus, Paromalus teres, Aeletes politus, Hister curtatus, and Atholus bimaculatus in Atlantic Canada.