New records of Pedilus (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae) on Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim 1852 (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

摘要

One male specimen of Pedilus punctulatusLeConte, 1851 and one male specimen of Pedilus inconspicuus (Horn 1874) (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae) were found firmly attached to two different dorsal intersegmental membranes on the abdomen of a male Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim, 1852. These two species, represent new records of Pedilus Fischer von Waldheim, 1822 association with species of Meloe Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Additionally, this is the first record of M. strigulosus association with thegenus Pedilus. Several M. strigulosus specimens were observed between 3:30 and 7:45 PM in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, Contra Costa County, and Tilden Regional Park, Alameda County, California supporting previous suggestions that M. strigulosus is nocturnal or crepuscular.