Synchroa punctata Newman

Synchroa punctata Newman NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Oxford, 6.vi. 1989, E. Georgeson, NSNR; Halifax Co.: Armdale, 12.viii. 1974, K. Neil, NSMC; Boulderwood, 26.vii. 1959, J.H. McDunnough, 2 specimens, NSMC; Halifax, 4.v. 1960, P.S. Doleman, NSMC; Point Pleasant Park, 23.vi. 2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Point Pleasant Park, 19.viii. 2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 21.vii. 1948, NSAC; Kentville, 1.vii. 1968, D.H. Webster, DHWC; Kentville, 19.vi. 2001, D.H. Webster, DHWC; Avonport, 20.vii. 1994, J. Smith, NSNR; Lunenburg Co.: Chester 1.viii. 1969, B. Wright, NSMC; Big Mushamush Lake, 20.vii. 1980, B. Wright, NSMC; Big Mushamush Lake, 23.vii 1982, B. Wright, NSMC; Pictou Co.: Waterside, 28.vii. 2004, D. MacDonald, NSNR; Queens Co.: Ponhook Lake, 13.vii. 1993, J. Cook, JCC. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: 1974 – 83, UPEI. Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Adults and larvae feed largely upon fungal material and decaying wood, commonly beneath the bark of dead deciduous trees (Payne 1931). In Maine, collected from Abies and Picea (Dearborn and Donahue 1993).Published as part of Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 45-68 in Zootaxa 1248 on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17297