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A New Record of Leptinillus validus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Leptinidae) in North America1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. C. Clark
Affiliation:
Forest Biology Laboratory, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Extract

In November, 1957, several specimens of adult beetles were collected from beaver pelts taken in the Lake George area of New Brunswick by a local trapper, Mr. Donald Millican. These were referred to me and were later identified as Leptinillus validus (Horn), an ectoparasite of the beaver, Castor canadensis Kuhl, by Mr. W. J. Brown of the Entomology Research Institute, Ottawa. This is the first record of the species having been found in New Brunswick.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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