Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Platypodidae
G. materiarius (Fitch) - SK MB ON PQ NB NS
corthyloides Eichhoff
G. retusus (LeConte) - BC
alni Blackman
G. sulcatus (LeContet - BC
aciculatus Blackman
Genus MONARTHRUM Kirsch
M. fasciatum (Say) - ON PQ
gracile (Eichhoff)
simile (Eichhofl\
M. mali (Firch) - oN PQ NB
longulum Eichhoff
M. scutellare (LeConte) - BC
cauum (LeConte)
obl iq uecaudatum ( Schedl)
Genus CORTF{YLUS Erichson
C. punctatissimus (Zimmermann) - ON PQ
FamilyPLAIYPODIDAE pinholeborers
J. McNamara
One species of Platypodidae occurs in Canada.
These beetles infest the wood of weakened trees, North American species.
where they mine galleries. The larvae feed on the
fungus that grows on the gallery walls. BC (1)
Genus PLATYPUS Herbst
P. wilsoni Swaine - BC
Subfamily PLATYPODINAE
TYibe Platypodini
Wood (1979) has published a catalog of the
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