Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius, 1801)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Dartmouth, 14.viii.1986, E. Angelopoulos, (3), NSMC; Sable Island, vii.1966 -67, H. Howden, CNC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 14.x.2006, D.H. Webster, in basement, (2), DHWC.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Hampton, 7.ix.1971, R.N. Sinha, in spilled oats, CNC.

The distribution in the Maritime Provinces of this widely distributed, adventive, Palearctic species is shown in Fig. 3. It is associated with stored products in mills, granaries, warehouses and cellars where it feeds on Zygomycete hyphae. It has also been found in old tree trunks, caves, and bee hives (Bousquet 1990).