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
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ZooKeys
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2008-09-04
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Epuraea rufida
(
Melsheimer, 1846
)
Carleton
Co.:
Jackson Falls
,
Bell Forest
,
46.2208°N
,
67.7211°W
,
31.III.2005
,
R.P. Webster
, rich
Appalachian
hardwood forest, under bark of dead sugar maple, (9,
NBM
,
RWC
)
;
Saint John Co.
:
Saint John
,
3.VII.1900
-07,
W. McIntosh
, (1,
NBM
)
;
York
Co.:
Charters Settlement
,
45.8395°N
,
66.7391°W
,
29.VIII.2007
, mixed forest, in pile of corncobs and cornhusks, (10,
NBM
,
RWC
)
.
Epuraea rufida
has been recorded in
Canada
from
Ontario
,
Québec
, and
Nova Scotia
(
McNamara 1991
;
Majka and Cline 2006
), and in the
United States
from
Maine
south to
South Carolina
, west to
Louisiana
, and
Wisconsin
(
Parsons 1943
;
Chandler 2001
;
Price and Young 2006
). The species has been recorded under bark of oak (
Quercus
sp.) and on the flowers of linden (
Tilia
sp.,
Tiliaceae
) (
Parsons 1943
). The specimen from
Saint John
collected by W. McIntosh was determined as
E. rufida
by W.H. Harrington. The specimen is now broken and indeterminate.