New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
LeSage, Laurent
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2625
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2625
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Cryptocephalus venustus Fabricius, 1787**
Map 29
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., 9.5 km NE jct. Rt. 101 & 645,
45.7586°N
,
66.6755°W
, 17.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, old field with open sandy areas, sweeping foliage (3, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement,
45.8340°N
,
66.7450°W
,
10
.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, old field, sweeping (3, RWC); same locality but
45.8430°N
,
66.7275°W
, 17.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, sweeping foliage in brushy opening (1, RWC).
Collection and habitat data.
This is a polyphagous species reported from hosts in 13 families (
Clark et al. 2004
).
Cryptocephalus venustus
was collected by sweeping foliage
in
an old field with sandy areas, a small old-field opening in a mixed forest, and in a brushy opening within a 20-year-old regenerating mixed forest. Adults were captured during July and August. LeSage (1986) successfully reared the larvae of this species on a mixture of dead leaves of
Alnus
,
Rubus
,
Salix
, and
Vaccinium
spp.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB (
LeSage 1991
;
Riley et al. 2003
).
Map 29. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Cryptocephalus venustus
.