New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Author
DeMerchant, Ian
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2598
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2598
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Mycetophagus quadriguttatus
Mueller
, 1821
Map 5
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest,
46.2200°N
,
67.7231°W
, 4-12.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A.,
46.1125°N
,
65.6075°W
, 7-22.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement,
45.8395°N
,
66.7391°W
, 5.IX.2006, 28.IX.2006, 29.VIII.2007, 21.IX.2007, 30.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in decaying (moldy) corncobs and cornhusks (5, RWC).
Map 5. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of
Mycetophagus quadriguttatus
.
Collection and habitat data.
Most adults from New Brunswick were collected from moldy decaying corncobs and cornhusks near a mixed forest. One individual each was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in a mature hardwood forest and an old red oak forest. Adults were collected during June, August, and September.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (
Bousquet 1991
;
Majka 2010
). Although
Mycetophagus quadriguttatus
was reported as occurring in New Brunswick by
Bousquet (1991)
, no specimens could be located to support this record according to
Majka (2010)
. In addition,
Campbell et al. (1989)
did not report it for the province, and thus, Majka considered the record as provisional. However, the above records establish this species as a member of the New Brunswick
Coleoptera
fauna.