Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Pythidae
Family BORIDAE
J.M. Campbell
Boridae contains three genera and six species;
only two species occur in Canada. Larvae of Boros
occur under the bark of coniferous trees and nrobably
feed on decayed cambium (Lawrence L9824).
The species of Boridae have been placed in a
variety of families such as Tenebrionidae (Leng
1920), P;'thidae (Hatch 1965), and Salpingidae
(Arnett 1968). Young (19856) transferred Lecontia
from the family Pythidae to the Boridae. I have followed
Lawrence (1982a) in recognizing Boridae as a
separate family.
NT (1); sC (1); AB (2); SK (2); MB (2); O.N (2); PQ
(2);NB (1)
Genus BOR()S Herbst
B. unicolor Siay
Genus LECONTIA Champion
Crymoctes LeConte
L. discicollis (LeConte)
SK MB ON PQ
NT BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB
Family PYTHIDAE pythid beetles
J.M. Campbell
The family P1'thidae forms a small group comprising
orrly about 50 species around the world, of
which six occur in Canada and Alaska. Members of
the subfermily Pythinae occur primarily in the
Holarctic region, whereas members of the other two
subfamilies are found in Central and South
America, .New Zealand, and Australia. Both larvae
and adults are found under bark ofconiferous trees.
Larvae fe':d on decaying inner bark (Pytho) or sapwood
(Prirgnathus).
Meml,ers of this family have previously been
assigned to other families such as Salpingidae
(Arnett 1968) or, conversely, Pythidae has included
a number of taxa now transferred to other families
such as Salpingidae, Cononotidae, and Mycteridae.
The arrangement followed here is based on
Lawrence (1982a) with the exception of Lecontia,
which has been transferred to Boridae as Young
suggests (1985b). Pollock is currently revising the
genus Pytho, so that most species of the family will
soon be well known taxonomically.
AK (3); YK (3); NT (3); BC (5); AB (4); SK (3); MB
(a);ON (a);PQ (a);NB (3);NS (a); LB (1);NF (2)
Subfamily PYTHINAE
Genus PYTIIO Latreille
P. americamrs Kirby
deplanatus Mannerheim
P. niger Kirtry
P. seidlitzi Blair
P. strictus L,-.Conte
AK YK
5v
NT
BC
AB
NT BC AB
ItBCy
SK
SK
MB ON PQ NB
MB ON PQ
MB ON PQ
NB
NS
NS
NS
LB
NF
Genus PRIOGNATHUS LeConte
P. monilicornis (Randall)
sahl b e rg i (Mannerheim)
Genus SPHI'LMA Horn
S. quadricollis Horn
AK YK BC SK MB ON PQ NB NS
BC
NF
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