Abstract
Majka et al. (2007) surveyed the Carabidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island). They reported 21 new provincial records, 6 from New Brunswick and 15 from Nova Scotia. They also checked prior records of the 329 species of Carabidae reported from the region and consequently removed Dyschirius larochellei Bousquet, Dyschirius setosus LeConte, Bembidion basicorne Notman, Myas cyanescens Dejean, and Amara lacustris LeConte from the faunal list of Nova Scotia. Voucher specimens could not be located nor were published records of these species for the province found. As a result they reported 282 species of Carabidae from Nova Scotia.
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