New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada
Author
Majka, Christopher
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
Author
Webster, Reginald
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada
Author
Cline, Andrew
Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, Sacramento, United States of America
text
ZooKeys
2008
2008-09-04
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.2.23
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Epuraea aestiva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
[syn.
Epuraea depressa
(Illiger, 1798)]
Carleton
Co.:
Belleville
,
Meduxnekeeg Valley
Nature Preserve,
46.1931°N
,
67.6825°W
,
31.V.2005
,
M.-A. Giguère
and
R.P. Webster
, upper river margin (floodplain forest), on bloodroot flowers, (1,
RWC
)
;
same locality,
M.-A. Giguère
and
R.P. Webster
,
8.VI.2005
, floodplain forest, on foliage of
Prunus virginiana
, (3,
RWC
)
;
Jackson Falls
,
Bell Forest
,
46.2210°N
,
67.7210°W
,
9.VI.2005
,
20.VI.2005
,
M.-A. Giguère
and
R.P. Webster
, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers of
Prunus virginiana
, (2,
RWC
)
;
same locality,
R. P. Webster
,
13.VIII.2007
, rich
Appalachian
hardwood forest, on flowers of
Solidago
, (1,
RWC
)
;
same locality,
7.VI.2007
, on flowers of
Viburnum
sp. (
Adoxaceae
)
;
York
Co.
:
Canterbury
, near
Browns Mountain
Fen,
45.8951°N
,
67.6333°W
,
10.VI.2005
,
M.-A. Giguère
and
R.P. Webster
, mixed forest, on flowers of
Prunus virginiana
, (1,
RWC
)
.
This Holarctic species is widely distributed in Europe, northern Asia, and throughout the
United States
(
Parsons 1943
,
Downie and Arnett 1996
). In
Canada
it has been recorded from
British Columbia
east to
Québec
and
Nova Scotia
(
McNamara 1991
;
Majka and Cline 2006
). In
Nova Scotia
it was found in a great variety of forested and open environments on flowers of trees and shrubs, in compost piles, and at sap (
Majka and Cline 2006
).