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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Mantura chrysanthami (Koch, 1803)
Map 22
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near Maces Bay,
45.12447°N
,
66.47346°W
, 12.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, barrier beach, sweeping vegetation (1, RWC). Northumberland Co., Blueberry Rd. off Hwy 8,
47.3211°N
,
65.4229°W
, 29.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, jack pine forest with black spruce, sweeping foliage of
Rumex acetosella
L. (4, RWC). Queens Co., Canning, Grand Lake near Scotchtown,
45.8762
°N
,
66.1816°W
, 1.VII.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster, lake shore, old dune with oaks, sweeping foliage (3, RWC). Sunbury Co., ca. 2.5 km S of Beaver Dam,
45.7703°N
,
66.6867°W
, 26.VI.2007, mixed forest with red pine, along power-line cut, sweeping foliage (1, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, near "Browns Mtn. Fen",
45.8978°N
,
67.6273°W
, 3.VII.2005, M.-A.
Giguere
& R. Webster, mixed forest, beating foliage (1, RWC).
Collection and habitat data.
Mantura chrysanthami
was swept or beaten from foliage from a variety of habitats in New Brunswick. These included a barrier beach, a jack pine forest, an old sand dune with red oaks (
Quercus rubra
L.), a power-line right-of-way, and a mixed forest. A small series was swept from the foliage of sheep sorrel,
Rumex acetosella
L. Adults were captured during June, July, and August. Based on personal observations and collecting by the second author in the Ottawa, ON area,
Mantura chrysanthemi
is monophagous on
Rumex acetosella
both in the larval and adult stages.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
NF, QC, NB (
LeSage 1991
;
Riley et al. 2003
). This is an adventive Palaearctic species now established in most of the northeastern United States (
Riley et al. 2003
). Although
Mantura floridana
Crotch was cited by
LeSage (1991)
and
Riley et al. (2003)
from the Maritime provinces, the specimens determined as this species may be
Mantura chrysanthemi
, and thus the status of the former needs to be clarified.
Map 22. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Mantura chrysanthami
.