Trichodes nutalli (Kirby, 1818)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 38

Trichodes nutalli (Kirby, 1818)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Northumberland Co.: Portage Island, 5.viii.2004, S. Blaney, shoreline on Solidago sempervirens L., CGMC. NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville, 15.v.1999, C. Sheffield, intercepted from Saskatchewan, ACNS.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick ( Figure 7 ). In Nova Scotia intercepted in association with Palearctic alfalfa leafcutter bees ( Megachile rotundata (Fabricius)) ( Hymenoptera : Megachilidae ) imported from Saskatchewan. Trichodes nutalli does not appear to be established in Nova Scotia. Adults of Trichodes are often found on a variety of flowers where they feed, mate, and oviposit; the larvae are predators in nests of bees and wasps ( Knull 1951, Opitz 2002).

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FIGURE 7. Distribution of Madoniella dislocata, Isohydnocera curtipennis, and Trichodes nutalli in the Maritime Provinces.