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Scraptiidae
Genus MACRATRIA Newman
M. confusa LeConte
Tribe Macratriini
ON PQ
Family ADERIDAE antlike leaf beetles
Aderidae is a small family that includes nine
Y. Bousquet
Except for Werner's (1990) recent review of the
species within the borders of Canada. Very little is eastern North American species, members of this
known about these beetles. The adults are usually family has been little studied taxonomically.
found on foliage and flowers; the larvae of some
species have been found in rotten wood and leaf litter. gC (1); ON (8); PQ (8); NB (1); NS (1) ' I (1)
Genus ELONUS Casey
E. basalis (Leconte) - ON PQ
princeps Casey
E. nebulosus (LeConter - ON PQ
Genus ADERUS Westwood
Phomalus Casey
A. populneus (Panzertt - BC - ON PQ
Genus VANONUS Casey
Tanilotes Casey
V. calvescens Casey PQ
V. piceus (LeConte) - ON
congener Casey
fusciceps Casey
t ub er c ulifer ( Hamilton)
V. vigilans Casey - ON PQ
V. wickhami Casey - ON PQ NB NS
lacustris (Casey)
Genus ZONANTES Casey
Z. fasciatus (Melsheimert - ON PQ
tricuspis Casey
Z. pallidus Werner - ON PQ
Family SCRAPTIIDAE scraptiid beetles
L. LeSage
The family Scraptiidae, which comprises about
There is no recent treatment of the family in
400 species around the world and 21 in Canada and North America; the Canadian fauna is poorly
Alaska, represents a group of beetles with uncertain known except in the provinces of Quebec and
affinities. Previously placed in Mordellidae, or British Columbia. Young (1976) transferred the
Melandryidae, or Anthicidae, they are now consid- genus Pectotom.a, previously included in
ered to be a separate farnily closely related to those Tetratomidae, to Scraptiini.
families (Crowson 1955; Franciscolo 1963; Lawrence
I982a). Adults are often found in large numbers on
flowers, and larvae occur in decaying wood or in leaf AK (2); yK (1); gC (16); AB (5); SK (1); MB (1); ON
litter. (8);PQ (10); NB (3);NS (2); NF (3)
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