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pronotum weakly granulose. Elytra elongate, covering pygidium.
Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 with patches of dense setae present or
absent in females, absent in males.
Type species. Pityomacer carmelites Kuschel, by original
designation.
Pityomacer px Kuschel
Pity omacer plr KuscheI, 1989 : 147 (holotype, Vernon, B. C. ; UBC ).
Description. Length 3.0-3.3 mm. Integument of head,
pronotum, and sterna black; elytra and legs usually dark brown.
Pubescence uniformly gray or golden brown on dorsum, pale laterally.
Head convex between eyes. Frons 1.5-L.7 times wider than rostrum at
apex; surface punctured. Rostrum 3.5-3.7 times longer than wide at
apex, robust, weakly curved; base with 1 distinct carina, the lateral
carinae obsolete. Pronotum l.I-7.2 times wider than long, widest at
middle; sides moderately arcuate; disc weakly concave; surface sparsely
to densely granulate-punctate. Elytra 1.8-2.0 times longer than wide;
surface randomly punctured. Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 (or 4 only) of
female each with or without 1 pair of setal tufts; abdominal sternites of
male unmodified.
Distribution. British Columbia and Alberta, south to Washington,
Oregon, and Montana. Alberta: Elkwater. British Columbia: Vernon.
Comments. This species is rarely encountered, and nothing is
known of its habits or life historv.
Family Brentidae
This family contains over 1000 species around the world, but only
six species in five genera occur in North America, including one species
in Canada. The females lay their eggs in wood; adults are found under
bark or in decayed wood. The adults attackwood-eating insects or feed
on mycelia or on the sap flowing from tree wounds. The larvae consume
wood or mycelium and live in fallen logs of oak, poplar, maple, and beech.
The generic classification of this family is well established.
Description. Body narrow, elongate, cylindrical (Fig. 4), reddish
with obscure black markings or entirely blackish. Pubescence absent
except on appendages. Head elongate, constricted at base; gular sutures
fused; pregular sutures absent. Rostrum of male broad, generally short
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