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Tetratomidae
(Subgenus TILARGUS Casey)
L. tetraspilotus LeConte MB ON PQ
Genus TYPHAEA Stephens
T. stercorea (Linn6)f - BC - ON PQ NB NS PE
fumata (Linn6)
Genus THRIMOLUS Casey
T. minutus Casey PQ
duryi Casey
FamilyTETRATOMIDAE tetratomidbeetles
L. LeSage
The family Tetratomidae includes nine species on beetles, such as Blatchley (1910), Chagnon and
in Canada and Alaska. Both adults and larvae live Robert (1962), Hatch (1965), and Arnett (1968).
in the fruiting bodies of higher fungi and are myce- Young (1976) recently transferred the genus
tophagous.
Pectotoma, which had been previously placed in this
Previously considered a subfamily of family, to Scraptiidae. The survey of the
Melandryidae, the tetratomids were raised to family Tetratomidae of Quebec by Chantal (1985) includes
status by Crowson (1955). This ranking is accepted genera placed here in Melandryidae.
by most recent authors, including Miyatake (1960)
and Lawrence (1982a). There is no recent revision
ofthefamilyinNorthAmerica. Generaandspecies aK(1); YK(1); nC(2); AB(1);SK(1); ON(5);PQ
can be identifred tentatively by using general books (7); NB (1);NF (1) . I (1)
Genus TETRATOMA Fabricius
Subfamily TETRATOMINAE
T. concolorleConte - YK - BC AB SK
T. truncorum LeConte - ON PQ
Genus ABSTRULIA Casey
A. tesselata (Melsheimer) - ON PQ
maculata Casey
A. variegata Casey PQ NF
Genus EUPISENUS Casey
E. elongatus (LeCon[e) AK BC
Genus PISENUS Casey
P. humeralis (Kirbyt
concolor (Kirby)
- ON PQ
ruficornis (LeConte)
Genus PENTHE Newman
Pytocis Castelnau
P. obliquata (Fabricius)
P. pimelia (Fabricius)
anglica (Gmelin)
funerea Newman
lesueuri (Castelnau)
morio (Fabricius)
Genus MALLODRYA Horn
M. subaenea Horn
Subfamily PENTHINAE
-oNPQ
-oNPQNB
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