New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2583
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Falsomordellistena pubescens (Fabricius, 1798)***
Map 5
Material examined.
Canada, New Brunswick,York Co., Rt. 645 at Beaver Brook,
45.6830°N
,
66.8679°W
, 8.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, red maple and alder swamp, on flowers of
Ilex verticiliata
(winter berry) (18, NBM, RWC).
Map 5. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Falsomordellistena pubescens
.
Collection and habitat data.
A large series of this species was collected from flowers of winter berry (
Ilex verticiliata
(L.) Gray) in a red maple (
Acer rubrum
L.) and alder (
Alnus
sp.) swamp. Adults were captured during early July. In Wisconsin, this species was captured in malaise traps on the margin of a southern mixed deciduous hardwood forest (
Lisberg and Young 2003
).
Downie and Arnett (1996)
reported this species as common on various wild flowers in Indiana.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
NB (new Canadian record).