New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Trogossitidae, Cleridae, and Melyridae, with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia.

Grynocharis quadrilineata (Melsheimer) and Tenebroides corticalis (Melsheimer) of the family Trogossitidae are newly recorded for New Brunswick, Canada. Additional records of the recently reported Calitys scabra (Thunberg)and Ostoma fraterna (Randall) are presented for the province. The record of Ostoma fraterna is the first recent record of this species from New Brunswick. Additional New Brunswick records of the thaneroclerine, Zenodosus sanguineus (Say), are given, indicting that this species is common and widespread in the province. One species of Cleridae, Cymatodera bicolor (Say),is newly reported from New Brunswick, and the adventive Thanasimus formicarius Linnaeus is newly recorded from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces. Attalus morulus (LeConte) and Dolichosoma foveicolle (Kirby), family Melyridae, are reported for the first time for New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces. Collection, habitat data, and distribution maps are presented for these species.

Introduction

This paper treats new Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada in the families Cleridae, Melyridae, and Trogossitidae. The fauna of these families from New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) was recently treated by Majka (2005) (Melyridae), Majka (2006) (Cleridae), and Majka (2011) PageBreak(Trogossitidae). Intensive collecting in New Brunswick by the first author since 2003 and records more recently obtained from by-catch samples during a study to develop improved lures for the detection of invasive species of Cerambycidae have yielded additional new provincial records in the above families. The purpose of this paper is to report on these new records. In addition, we report a new Nova Scotia and Maritime provinces record for an exotic clerid species. A brief synopsis of each family is included in the results below.

Methods and conventions

The following records are based on specimens collected during a general survey by the first author to document the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick and from by-catch samples obtained during a study to develop a general attractant for Cerambycidae. Additional provincial records were obtained from specimens contained in the collection belonging to Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Collection methods

Most specimens reported in this paper were collected from Lindgren 12-funnel trap samples during a study to develop a general attractant for the detection of invasive species of Cerambycidae. These traps may visually mimic tree trunks and are often effective for sampling species of Coleoptera that live in microhabitats associated with standing trees (Lindgren 1983). See Webster et al. (in press) for details of the methods used to deploy Lindgren funnel traps and for sample collection. A description of the habitat was recorded for all specimens collected during this survey. Locality and habitat data are presented exactly as on labels for each record. This information, as well as additional collecting notes, is summarized and discussed in collection and habitat data section for each species.

Distribution

Distribution maps, created using ArcMap and ArcGIS, are presented for each species in New Brunswick, and known distribution in Canada and Alaska is listed for each.PageBreak New records for New Brunswick are indicated in bold in the Distribution section. The following abbreviations are used in the text:

Acronyms of collections examined or where specimens reside referred to in this study are as follows:

AFC Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

CNC Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

NBM New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

RWC Reginald P. Webster Collection, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada

UMC Université de Montréal Collection, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Results

Species accounts

All records below are species newly recorded for New Brunswick, Canada, unless noted otherwise. Species followed by ** are newly recorded from the Maritime provinces of Canada.

The classification of the Cleridae follows Optitz (2010); that of the Trogossitidae and Melyridae follows Bouchard et al. (2011).

Family Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802

Leschen (2002) presented an overview of the North American representatives of the family Trogossitidae (the bark-gnawing beetles). Most species of Trogossitinae are predators and occur under bark or in galleries of wood-boring beetles. A few are minor stored-product pests (Leschen 2002). Larval and adult Peltinae species, such as and Chevrolat, feed on various fruiting bodies of Polyporaceae (Barron 1996). Bousquet (1991) reported two species of Trogossitidae as occurring in New Brunswick: (Randall) (as Casey, see Barron 1996) and the adventive (Linnaeus). In a review of the Trogossitidae of Atlantic Canada, Majka (2011) added (Randall), , and (Thunberg) to the faunal list of the province. Here, we report two additional species from the province and additional locality data for , , and (Table 1).

Table 1.

Species of Trogossitidae, Cleridae, and Melyridae recorded from New Brunswick, Canada.

Family Trogossitidae Latreille

Subfamily Peltinae Latreille

Tribe Lophocaterini Crowson

Grynocharis quadrilineata (Melsheimer)*

Tribe Peltini Latreille

Ostoma fraterna (Randall)

Ostoma septentrionalis (Randall)

Tribe Thymalini Léveillé

Thymalus marginicollis Chevrolat

Subfamily Trogossitinae Latreille

Tribe Calityini Reitter

Calitys scabra (Thunberg)

Tribe Trogossitini Latreille

Tenebroides corticalis (Melsheimer)*

Tenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus)

Family Cleridae Latreille

Subfamily Thaneroclerinae Chapin

Tribe Zenodosini Kolibáč

Zenodosus sanguineus (Say)

Subfamily Tillinae Fischer von Waldheim

Cymatodera bicolor (Say)*

Subfamily Hydnocerinae Spinola

Phyllobaenus humeralis (Say)

Phyllobaenus lecontei (Wolcott)

Phyllobaenus pallipennis (Say)

Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say)

Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman)

Subfamily Clerinae Latreille

Enoclerus muttkowskii (Wolcott)

Enoclerus nigripes nigripes (Say)

Enocleris nigripes rufiventris (Spinola)

Madoniella dislocata (Say)

Thanasimus dubius (Kirby)

Thanasimus undatulus (Say)

Trichodes nutalli (Kirby)

Subfamily Korynetinae Laporte

Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus)

Family Melyridae Leach

Subfamily Malachiinae Flemming

Attalus morulus (LeConte)**

Collops vittatus (Say)

Malachius aeneus (Linnaeus)

Nodopus flavilabris (Say)

Subfamily Dasytinae Laporte

Dolichosoma foveicolle (Kirby)**

Notes: *New to province, **New to Maritime provinces.

Subfamily Peltinae Latreille, 1806

Tribe

(Melsheimer, 1844)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Grynocharis_quadrilineata

Map 1

Map 1.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 20.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, mature mixed forest, in sp. on dead standing sp. (1, NBM); same locality and forest type but 7.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, under bark of standing dead beech (4, RWC); Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 5-12.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC); same locality and habitat data but 23-28.IV.2009, 28.IV-9.V.2009, 14-20.V.2009, 20-26.V.2009, 16-21.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (7, AFC, RWC). Queens Co., near Queenstown, 45.6904°N, 66.1455°W, 13.V.2008, R. P. Webster, old growth hardwood forest, underPageBreak bark of standing dead sugar maple (1, RWC); Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 24.IV-5.V.2009, 5-12.V.2009, 12-21.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC); same locality and habitat data but, 21.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, under bark of red oak (1, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 13-25.V.2011, 25.V-7.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC, NBM). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.804°N, 65.993°W, 13-23.VI.2009, G. J. McBriarty (2, NBM); Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 30.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 19-25.V.2009, 2-9.VI.2009, 9-16.VI.2009, 24-30.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 19-25.V.2009, 21-28.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC); same locality and habitat data, 10-26.V.2010, 4-16.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, Lindgren funnel traps (1, AFC, RWC); same locality and habitat data, 8-20.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, was found in mature and old hardwood forests with sugar maple ( Marsh.) and American beech ( Ehrh.), an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch ( Britt.), an old red oak ( L.) forest, a mature (110-year-old) red spruce ( Sarg.) forest, and an old (180-year-old) red pine ( Ait.) forest. Adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in most of these forest types. Specimens with microhabitat data were collected from mushrooms on a dead, standing poplar ( sp.), from under bark of a dead, standing American beech, from under bark of a standing, dead sugar maple, and from under bark of a red oak. This species has been reported from under bark of a dead poplar (Barron 1971). Adults were collected during April, May, June, and July in New Brunswick.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). This species was first reported from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces by Majka (2011) based on one specimen and was considered regionally rare. This species appears to be widespread in New Brunswick and was commonly detected using Lindgren funnel traps.

Tribe Peltini Latreille, 1806

(Randall, 1838)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Ostoma_fraterna

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Map 2.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. Charlotte Co., St. Stephen, 17.V.1933, J. B. O’Donnel (8, AFC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., PageBreak47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 30.V–15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

The specimen with habitat data from New Brunswick was collected from a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch. Specimens were collected during May and June. has been found under bark of spruce ( sp.) and in various Polyporaceae species ( (Fr.) Kar., (Cke. and Hark.) Murr., and (Fr.) Donk) (Barron 1971, 1996).

AK, YK, NT, BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, NB, NS, NF (Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). This uncommon species was first reported for New Brunswick by Majka (2011) based on six specimens collected by W. McIntosh in Saint John during 1902. The record from Dionne Brook Protected Natural Area is the first recent record of this species from the province.

Tribe Thymalini Léveillé, 1888

Chevrolat, 1842

http://species-id.net/wiki/Thymalus_marginicollis

Map 3

Map 3.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 13.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, mature mixed forest, in polypore fungi (2, RWC); Hartland, Becaguimec Island (in Saint John River), 46.3106°N, 67.5372°W, 13.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, old mixed forest, in large dried polypore fungus (on dead standing basswood) (1, RWC); Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 12-19.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality and habitat data but 20-26.V.2009, 21-18.VI.2009, 31.VII-7.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 18-25.VI.2009, 21-27.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 25.V-7.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 30.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, NBM); same locality and collectors but 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 15-27.VI.2011, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 2-9.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). York Co., near Browns Mountain Fen, 45.8876°N, 67.6560°W, 3.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, in slightly dried sp. on sugar maple (4, NBM, RWC); Charters Settlement,PageBreak 45.8286°N, 66.7365°W, 25.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in polypore fungi on dead (standing) beech (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 1-8.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC).

was collected in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood forests with sugar maple and American beech, an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch, an old red oak forest, mixed forests, a mature red spruce forest, and an old red pine forest. Adults were also collected from a large, dried polypore fungus on a dead, standing basswood ( L.), in a slightly dried mushroom on a dead, standing sugar maple, and from a polypore fungi on a dead, standing American beech tree. Barron (1971) reported this species from various polypore species and Majka (2011) reported that it was commonly captured in flight-intercept traps and on the polypore, (Fr.) Kar., growing on white birch ( Marsh.) in Nova Scotia. Adults were captured during May, June, July, August, and September.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF (Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). was first reported from New Brunswick by Majka (2011) on the basis of one specimen collected by D.F. McAlpine on Todd’s Island (Charlotte Co.) during 2000. This species is common and widespread in New Brunswick and was most commonly detected using Lindgren funnel traps.

Subfamily Trogossitinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe

(Thunberg, 1784)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Calitys_scabra

Map 4

Map 4.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 21–27.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality and habitat data, 25.V–7.VI.2011, 29.VI–7.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, NBM, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 11.VI.2008, Brawn/Harrison (2, AFC); same locality but 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13–19.V.2009, 19–25.V.2009, 25.V-2.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, RWC). York Co., 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 10–26.V.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and sp., Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 30.V-8.VI.2011, 8–20.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, NBM, RWC).

was captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red oak forest, a mature red spruce stand, an old-growth red pine forest, and an old mixed forest. This species was reported from under bark of dead pine and from (Fr.) Kar. (Barron 1971). Adults were collected during May, June, and July.

AK, NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). Majka (2011) reported this Holarctic species for the first time from New Brunswick based on a specimen collected by W. McIntosh in Saint John, ca. 1900. The above records are the first recent records of this species for New Brunswick.

Tribe Trogossitini Latreille, 1802

(Melsheimer, 1844)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Tenebroides_corticalis

Map 5

Map 5.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

New Brunswick, Carleton Co.,Jackson Falls,Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 23-28.IV.2009, 20-26.V.2009, 8-16.VI.2009, R. P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 24.IV-5.V.2009, 5-12.V.2009, 12-21.V.2009, 21-27.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (11, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 13-25.V.2011, 25.V-7.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (3, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 16-24.VI.2009, 24-30.VI.2009, 13-21.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110- year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC). York Co.,Charters Settlement, 45.8340°N, 66.7450°W, 2.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in moss and lichens on tree trunk (1, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.8267°N, 66.7343°W, 16.IV.2005, marsh, in litter and sphagnum at base of tree (1, RWC); Nashwaaksis River at Rt. 105, 45.9850°N, 66.6900°W, 6.V.2006, R. P. Webster, river margin in flood debris on upper river margin (1, RWC).

was captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in both deciduous and coniferous forests in New Brunswick. These included a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple, American beech, and white ash ( L.), an old red oak forest, a mixed forest, and a mature red spruce forest. Adults were also collected from moss and lichens on a tree trunk, in litter and sphagnum at the base of a tree in a marsh, and in flood debris on the upper margin of a river. Barron (1971) reported this species from under bark of various hardwood species, spruce, and pine. Adults were collected during April, May, June, and July in New Brunswick.

AK, YK, NT, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). Majka (2011) newly recorded this species from the Maritime provinces on the basis of two records from Nova Scotia.PageBreak

Family Cleridae Latreille, 1802

The Cleridae (the checkered beetles) prey on other insects as larvae and adults (Opitz 2002). Some species of and are important control agents of bark beetles and other wood-boring species. Clerids occur under bark, in tunnels of wood and cone borers, on logs and branches, on foliage, and on flowers (Opitz 2002). The Cleridae of the Maritime provinces was reviewed by Majka (2006). Fourteen species were reported for New Brunswick, including (Kirby) and (Linnaeus), which were newly recorded for the province (Majka 2006). Here, (Say)is newly recorded from New Brunswick and Linnaeus is newly reported from Nova Scotia (Table 1).

Subfamily Thaneroclerinae Chapin, 1924

Kolibáč (1992) separated the Thaneroclerinae from the Cleridae, but this was not followed by Opitz (2002). Later, Optiz (2010) proved conclusively that the Thaneroclerinae is part of the Cleridae. (Say) is the only member of this subfamily in Canada (McNamara 1991) and the Maritime provinces (Majka 2006).

Tribe Zenodosini Kolibáč, 1992

(Say, 1835)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Zenodosus_sanguineus

Map 6

Map 6.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. Carleton Co.,Jackson Falls,Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 13.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, in decaying fleshy polypore fungi (1, RWC); same locality data, collector, and forest type, 6.V.2007, in partially dried polypore fungus on dead tree (1, RWC); same locality data, collector, and forest type, 4-12.VI.2008, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality and forest type but 23-28.IV.2009, R. P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1900°N, 67.6700°W, 7.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, under bark of standing dead beech (1, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 15-29.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Northumberland Co., 12.0 km SSE of Upper Napan near Goodfellow Brook, 46.8943°N, 65.3810°W, 23.V.2007, R. P. Webster, recent clearcut, under bark of spruce log (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 46.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 30.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, oak forest, under bark of oak (1, RWC); same locality data, collector, and forest type, 19.IX.2006, in decayed log covered with gilled mushrooms and polypore fungi (1, RWC); CranPageBreakberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 24.IV-5.V.2009, 12-21.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 4-19.V.2010, 19-31.V.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). Restigouche, Co., Dionne BrookPageBreak P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 31.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, NBM); same locality and collectors but 30.V-15.VI.2011, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13-19.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8340°N, 66.7450°W, 20.V.2007, R. P. Webster, mature mixed forest, in polypore fungi on log (1, RWC); Canterbury near Browns Mtn. Fen, 45.8876°N, 67.6560°W, 3.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, on slightly dried sp. on sugar maple (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 25.IV-4.V.2009, 25.V-1.VI.2009, 1-8.VI.2009, 15-21.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 1-5.VI.2011, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, flight intercept trap (1, NBM).

In New Brunswick, this species was captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in various deciduous and coniferous forest types. These included a mature hardwood forest, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple ( L.) forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, a mature mixed forest, an old red pine forest, a mature red spruce forest, an old-growth eastern white cedar forest, and an old-growth white spruce ( (Moench) Voss) and balsam fir ( (L.) Mill.) forest. Adults with micro-habitat data were collected from decaying fleshy polypore fungi and a partially dried polypore fungus on dead, standing trees, in a decayed log covered with gilled mushrooms and polypore fungi, on a slightly dried sp. on a sugar maple, in a polypore fungi on a s log, under bark of a dead, standing American beech tree, and under bark of a spruce and a red oak log. Adults were collected during April, May, June, August, and September.

ON, QC, NB, NS, PE (McNamara 1991; Majka 2006). Majka (2006) reported this species for the first time from New Brunswick on the basis of one specimen from Fredericton (York Co.) collected in 1987. This species is common and widespread in the province based on these collections.

Subfamily Tillinae Fischer von Waldheim, 1813

(Say, 1825)

http://species-id.net/wiki/Cymatodera_bicolor

Map 7

Map 7.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1957°N, 67.6803°W, 10.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 29.VI-7.VII.2011, 20.VII-4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (8, AFC, NBM, RWC); Grand Lake MeadPageBreakows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 21.VI-5.VII.2011, M Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap in forest canopy (1, RWC).

One specimen from New Brunswick was captured in an ultraviolet light trap in a mixed forest area. Others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in the canopy of red oaks in an old red oak forest and in the canopy of a silver maple in a silver maple forest. Adults were captured during June, July, and August.

ON, QC, NB, NS (McNamara 1991). Only one previous specimen of this species was known from the Maritime provinces (Kings Co., Kentville, specimen in CNC) (Majka 2006). Majka (2006) considered this specimen was either from an isolated population in Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia or a wind-blown stray.

Subfamily Clerinae Latreille, 1802

Linnaeus, 1758**

http://species-id.net/wiki/Thanasimus_formicarius

Map 8

Map 8.

Collection localities in Nova Scotia, Canada of .

Nova Scotia, Halifax Co., (Halifax) Point Pleasant Park, 44.6226°N, 63.5689°W, 11.VII.2001, 8.VIII.2001, J. Sweeney, Lindgren funnel traps, tree blend lure (2, AFC, CNC). Quebec, Berthierville, late 1940’s, Frère Adrien Robert (UMC).

In Europe, is a well-known predator of bark beetles (Weslien and Regnander 1992). Two adults from Nova Scotia were captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with tree blend lure (spruce volatiles) and EtOH deployed in a red spruce stand. Adults were collected during July and August.

QC, NS. This old-world species was introduced into North America to control the bark beetle, Zimmermann in 1892 and in the late 1900s (Opitz 2002). It is not known if this species is established in Nova Scotia or if these specimens represents an interception of individuals that may have emerged from softwood packing material used as dunnage in shipping containers arriving in the port of Halifax from Europe. No additional specimens have been collected at or near this site despite extensive trapping from 2001–2011 in the Halifax–Dartmouth area with similarly baited funnel traps or black-panel intercept traps (Alpha Scents, Portland, OR). There is also a specimen in the Ouellet-Robert Collection (Université de Montréal) from Berthierville, Quebec, collected by A. Robert in the 1940s during his studies on Dutch elm disease (Serge Laplante, personal communication). There have been no additional specimens reported from Quebec.

Family Melyridae Leach, 1815

Mayor (2002) presented an overview of the Melyridae (the soft-winged flower beetles) of North America. Adult Melyridae feed on both plant and animal matter, such as small arthropods, and especially on pollen and nectar. Larvae are predators and scavengers, and feed on detritus, fungi, and small arthropods, including their larvae and eggs (Mayor 2002). In Canada, most species occur only in the West and only the introduced (Linnaeus) was recorded from Maritime provinces and New Brunswick (Bright 1991). Majka (2005) reviewed the Melyridae of the Maritime provinces and newly reported (Say) and (Say) (as (Say)) from New Brunswick. Here, we report (LeConte) and (Kirby) for the first time for New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces (Table 1).

Subfamily Malachiinae Fleming, 1821

(LeConte, 1852)**

http://species-id.net/wiki/Attalus_morulus

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Map 9.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., Blueberry Rd., off Hwy 8, 47.3210°N, 65.4229°W, 24.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, jack pine forest, on foliage of jack pine (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 29.VII–4.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 13–27.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC).

were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old-growth red pine forest. One individual was collected from foliage of jack pine ( Lamb.) in a jack pine forest. Adults were captured during July and August.

BC, QC, NB (Bright 1991). was previously reported from Connecticut and New York, in northeastern USA (Downie and Arnett 1996).

Subfamily Dasytinae Laporte, 1840

(Kirby, 1837)**

http://species-id.net/wikiDolichosoma_foveicolle

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Map 10.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Shepody N.W.A., Mary’s Point Section, 45.7320°N, 64.6765°W, 16.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, margin of salt marsh near forPageBreakest, sweeping (1, RWC). Gloucester Co., near Acadian Historical Village, 47.7873°N, 65.0756°W, 29.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, inland margin of salt marsh, sweeping vegetation (6, NBM, RWC). Sunbury Co., Burton, near Sunpoke Lake, 45.7662°N, 66.5526°W, 20.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, seasonally flooded marsh, sweeping vegetation (1, RWC). York Co., Mazerolle Settlement, 45.8765°N, 66.8260°W, 8.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, beaver meadow, sweeping vegetation along brook margin (2, RWC).

Adults were found in June on the inner margin of salt marshes, seasonally flooded (freshwater) marshes, and in a beaver meadow, and were collected by sweeping the marsh vegetation.

BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB, (Bright 1991).

AK	Alaska	MB	Manitoba
YT	Yukon Territory	ON	Ontario
NT	Northwest Territories	QC	Quebec
NU	Nunavut	NB	New Brunswick
BC	British Columbia	PE	Prince Edward Island
AB	Alberta	NS	Nova Scotia
SK	Saskatchewan	NF & LB	Newfoundland and Labrador*

*Newfoundland and Labrador are each treated separately here.