New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Cerambycidae.

Five species of Cerambycidae, Acmaeops discoideus (Haldeman), Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius), Phymatodes species (CNC sp. n. #1), Sarosesthes fulminans (Fabricius), and Urgleptus signatus (LeConte) are newly recorded for New Brunswick, Canada. All but Acmaeops villosus are new to the Maritime provinces. Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus) is removed from the faunal list of the province as a result of mislabeled specimens, records of Phymatodes maculicollis LeConte are presented confirming the presence of this species in New Brunswick, and the first recent records ofNeospondylis upiformis (Mannerheim) are presented. Additional records are given for the recently recorded Phymatodes aereus (Newman), indicating a wider distribution in the province. Collection data, habitat data, and distribution maps are presented for each species.

Introduction

The Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) fauna of New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) were reviewed by McCorquodale and Bondrup-Nielsen (2004) and Webster et al. (2009). Majka et al. (2007) reviewed the fauna of Prince Edward Island. Later, McCorquodale (2010) PageBreakreviewed the longhorn beetle fauna of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone in the context of collections and sources of information, the geographic distribution within the ecozone and overall global distribution, host plant usage, and anthropogenic effects on the fauna. Webster et al. (2009) reported 48 species as new to the province, bringing the total number of species known from New Brunswick to 116. More recently, Majka et al. (2010) added (Newman) and LeConte to the faunal list. Here, we add six species of Cerambycidae to the faunal list of New Brunswick.

Methods and conventions

Collection methods

Most specimens were collected from Lindgren funnel trap samples during a study to develop a general attractant for the detection of invasive species of Cerambycidae. These traps 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 12-funnel traps and for sample collection.] Traps were baited with commercially purchased high-release-rate lures of ethanol, α-pinene (mixture of 93% (-) and 7% (+) α-pinene), or “BSLB kairomone” (Contech International, Inc.; a blend of monoterpenes attractive to (Fabr.) and Kirby) (Sweeney et al. 2006) or with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one or racemic 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one, synthesized at the Fredericton laboratory (See Hanks et al. (2007) and reference therein for details on their synthesis) and loaded into release devices by Contech International, Inc. (Delta BC). Specific enantiomers of the latter compounds have been identified as long-distance sex/aggregation pheromones in several species of Cerambycinae (Fettköther et al. 1995; Leal et al. 1995; Lacey et al. 2004, 2007). The pheromones are naturally emitted by males and attract females or both sexes depending on the species (Lacey et al. 2004, 2007; Hanks et al. 2007). 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 the collection and habitat data section for each species.

Distribution

Distribution maps, created using ArcMap and ArcGIS, are presented for each species in New Brunswick. Every species is cited with current distribution in Canada and Alaska, using abbreviations for the state, provinces, and territories. New records forPageBreak New Brunswick are indicated in bold under Distribution in Canada and Alaska. The following abbreviations are used in the text:

PageBreakAcronyms 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 Webster Collection, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada

Results

Species accounts

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

Family Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802. Subfamily Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832. Tribe Spondylidini Audinet-Serville, 1832

(Mannerheim, 1843)

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

Map 1

Map 1.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31.V–15.VI.2011, 27.VI–14.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data. Adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old-growth white spruce ( (Moench) Voss) and balsam fir ( (L.) Mill.) forest. Specimens were captured during June and July in New Brunswick. Larvae of this species probably feed in the roots of fir () or pine () (Yanega 1996).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. AK, BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NF (McNamara 1991; Smith and Hurley 2006; Webster et al. 2009; Majka and Ogden 2010). Webster et al. (2009) newly reported this species from New Brunswick based on a specimen collected by Charles E. Atwood in Boiestown, Northumberland Co. (specimen is in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto). No date was given on the label, but Charles Atwood made a few collecting trips to New Brunswick during the 1930s (McCorquodale 2010). The record from the Dionne Brook P.N.A. is the first recent record of this species from the province.

Subfamily Lepturinae Latreille, 1802. Tribe Lepturini Latreille, 1802

(Haldeman, 1847)

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

Map 2

Map 2.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., 8.1 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6880°N, 66.7841°W, 30.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, roadside, on flowers (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual was collected in late June from flowers of elderberry ( L.) on a roadside near an area with red pine ( Ait.) and white pine ( L.). The larvae of this species develop in spp. (Yanega 1996).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska. NB, NS (Webster et al. 2009). Webster et al. (2009) newly recorded this species from Canada on the basis of a specimen collected in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802. Tribe Callidiini Kirby, 1837

(Newman, 1838)

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

Map 3

Map 3.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 27.V–5.VI.2009, 11–18.VI.2009, 18–25.PageBreakVI.2009, 25.VI–1.VII.2009, 7–14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (37, AFC, RWC); same locality and forest type, 22–29.VI.2011, 29.VI–7.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 31.V–15.VI.2009, 15–29.VI.2009, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (10, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 29.VI-12.VII.2009, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 7–14.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, RWC).

was captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one deployed in an old red oak ( L.) forest, an old silver maple ( L.) forest, and in an old red pine forest with scattered hardwoods. Larvae of this uncommon species develop in dead (Lingafelter 2007). Adults in New Brunswick were captured during May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB (McNamara 1991; Majka et al. 2010). Majka et al. (2010) newly recorded this species from New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces, based on a specimen collected by Martin Turgeon in Saint-Basile, Madawaska Co. during 2003. This species is probably widespread in the province.

LeConte, 1878

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

Map 4

Map 4.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Additional New Brunswick records. 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, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 27.V-5.VI.2009, 18–25.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (2, AFC, RWC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 27.VI-14.VII.2011, 14–28.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, NBM, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 21–28.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 10–26.V.2010, 2–16.VI.2011, 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 (14, AFC, RWC).

larvae develop under bark of spruce () and fir branches (Yanega 1996). This species, which is considered rare in the East, was captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxPageBreakyhexan-2-one deployed in an old-growth eastern white cedar ( L.) forest, an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, an old red pine forest, an old mixed forest, and in an old red oak forest with scattered conifers. Adults were captured during May, June, and July.

YK, BC, QC, NB (McNamara 1991). McNamara (1991) listed for New Brunswick but no supporting voucher specimens or other published records could be located by Webster et al. (2009). The above records establish the presence of this species for the province.

(CNC sp. n. #1)**

Map 5

Map 5.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of species (CNC sp. n. #1).

New Brunswick, York Co., (Fredericton) Odell Park, 2.VII.2002, (G. Smith) Trap Lindgren Funnel, Lure Ipslure (1, AFC).

One individual was captured during July in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old-growth forest with hemlock ( (L.) Carr.), American beech ( Ehrh.), and sugar maple ( Marsh.).

QC, NB (Yanega 1996). According to Yanega (1996)this undescribed species is related to LeConte but lacks the prominent pronotal calli and possesses finer elytral punctures.

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Webster et al. (2009) reported from New Brunswick based on a series of specimens collected from Pleasantfield in Queens Co. There are no towns with this name in Queens Co., New Brunswick. The original Forest Insect and Disease Survey slip (at AFC) was examined and Pleasantfield is actually in Queens Co., Nova Scotia, indicating that these specimens had been mislabeled. is accordingly removed from the faunal list of New Brunswick.

Tribe Clytini Mulsant, 1839

(Fabricius, 1775)**

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

Map 6

Map 6.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 11–18.VI.2009, 18–25.VI.2009, 25.VI–1.VII.2009, 15–21.PageBreakVII.2009, 19.VIII-2.IX.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (59, AFC, NBM, RWC); same locality and forest type, 29.VI–7.VII.2011, 20.VII–4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBPageBreakM).

Collection and habitat data.

All specimens but one were captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one. Lacey et al. (2009) showed that males of this species emit (R)-3-hydroxyhexan-2-one and (2S, 3R)-2,3-hexane-diol and that both sexes were attracted to males in laboratory olfactometer bioassays. Adults were collected in an old red oak forest during June, July, and August. Larvae of this uncommon species occur under bark and in sapwood of oak and other hardwood species (Yanega 1996; Lingafelter 2007).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB (McNamara 1991). This species was abundant at the Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area) and will probably be found at other localities in New Brunswick and the other Maritime provinces where red oak occurs using traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one.

Tribe Elaphidiini Thomson, 1864

(Fabricius, 1792)

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

Map 7

Map 7.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 29.VI–7.VII.2011, 13–20.VII.2011, 20.VII–4.VIII.2011, 4–18.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (7, AFC, NBM, RWC).

Adults were captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps baited with ethanol deployed in the forest canopy of an old red oak forest. Larvae are twig pruners of most eastern hardwoods and shrubs (Lingafelter 2007).

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (McNamara 1991; McCorquodale and Bondrup-Nielsen 2004).

Subfamily Lamiinae Latreille, 1825. Tribe Acanthocinini Blanchard, 1845

(LeConte, 1852)**

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

Map 8

Map 8.

Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of .

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 29.VI–7.VII.2011, 13–20.VII.2011, 20.VII–4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (3, NBM, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 31.VIII–15.IX.2011, R. P. Webster & Cory Hughes, Lindgren funnel trap in forest canopy (1, AFC).

This species was captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with ethanol deployed in the canopy of an old red oak forest. Adults were collected during July, August, and September. Larvae live in branches of various hardwoods, such as , , , and (Lingafelter 2007).

ON, QC, NB (McNamara 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 under the current Distribution in Canada and Alaska.