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FAMILY PTINIDAE (Spider beetles)
Y. Bousquet Only 16 ptinid species are found in Canada and Alaska and all but three are introduced on this continent. Many of these species are found in mills, warehouses, granaries, stores, museums, hospitals, where they feed, in both the adult and larval stages, on a wide variety of products including grain, seeds ... more>>
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FAMILY CARABIDAE (Ground beetles)
Y. Bousquet With 942 species and subspecies in Canada and Alaska, this family is an important element of the Coleoptera fauna in the northern part of North America. Members of these species, in our area, occur in most terrestrial habitats as well as in marshes and bogs; a few species live on trees. Adults of most s ... more>>
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FAMILY ZOPHERIDAE
J.M. Campbell This family comprises about 125 species of which only one is known to occur in Canada. Adults live under bark and the larvae feed on rotten wood or fungus fruiting bodies. The higher classification and relationships of zopherids are well-known thanks to Doyen and Lawrence (1979). However, a revision of the North Amer ... more>>
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FAMILY SPHINDIDAE (Dry fungus beetles)
J.M. Campbell The Sphindidae is a small family comprising 35 species worldwide of which five are known from Canada. Adults and larvae feed on spores of slime molds. The last revision of the North American sphindids is that of Casey (1898). The higher classification of the family was revised by Sen Gupta and Cr ... more>>
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FAMILY RHYSODIDAE (Wrinkled bark-beetles)
Y. Bousquet The family Rhysodidae includes only two species in Canada. The adults are cylindrical, elongate beetles resembling in habitus some species of the families Colydiidae or Cucujidae. Both adults and larvae live under bark of dead trees and in rotting wood. The North American species were revised by ... more>>
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FAMILY ITHYCERIDAE (New York weevil)
J. McNamara This family includes only one species. The adults feed on the tender shoots and buds of various hardwoods and occasionally on some cultivated fruit trees. The larvae feed on the roots of the host plants. Sanborne (1981) studied the larval and adult morphologies as well as the biology of the species. ... more>>
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FAMILY NEMONYCHIDAE
J. McNamara This family comprises five species in Canada. The adults feed on the staminate flowers of various conifers. The nemonychids are often included within the Curculionidae but their larvae show affinities to the Anthribidae. A revision of this family for North America was recently published (Kuschel 1989) and the Canadia ... more>>
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