Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
24 Mill Stream Drive, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada E 3 C 1 X 1
reginaldwebster@rogers.com
Author
Webster, Vincent L.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
Author
Alderson, Chantelle A.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
Author
Hughes, Cory C.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
Author
Sweeney, Jon D.
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent St., P. O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, Canada E 3 B 5 P 7
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7327
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Oligomerus obtusus LeConte, 1865
Material examined.
New Brunswick, Carleton Co.
,
Jackson Falls
, "Bell Forest",
46.2200°N
,
67.7231°W
,
12.VII.2006
,
25.VII.2007
,
R.P. Webster
//
Rich Appalachian
hardwood
forest, m.v. light (3, NBM; 1, RWC); same locality data, forest
type
, and collector,
12-19.VI.2008
//
Lindgren funnel trap
(1, RWC); same locality data and forest
type
,
3-17.VII.2012
,
17-31.VII.2012
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Lindgren funnel traps
in canopy of
Acer saccharum
(4),
Fagus grandifolia
(8),
Fraxinus americana
(2),
Juglans cinerea
(2), and
Tilia americana
(2) (7, AFC; 2, CNC; 2, NBM; 7, RWC).
Queens Co.
, C.F.B
. Gagetown,
45.7516°N
,
66.1866°W
,
3-15.VII.2013
,
15-31.VII.2013
,
31.VII-12.VIII.2013
,
12-28.VIII.2013
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Old
mixed forest with
Quercus rubra
,
Lindgren funnel trap
in canopy of
Quercus rubra
(2, AFC; 3, NBM; 2, RWC).
York Co.
,
Fredericton
,
Odell Park
,
45.9571°N
,
66.6650°W
,
10-26.VII.2012
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Old-growth
eastern hemlock forest,
Lindgren funnel trap
in canopy of
Tsuga canadensis
(1, AFC);
Fredericton
,
Odell Park
,
45.9539°N
,
66.6666°W
,
24.VII-7.VIII.2013
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Hardwood
stand,
Lindgren funnel traps
in canopy (1, AFC; 1, NBM);
Douglas
,
Currie Mountain
,
45.9844°N
,
66.7592°W
,
24.VII-7.VIII.2013
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Mixed forest
with
Quercus rubra
,
Lindgren funnel trap
in canopy of
Quercus rubra
(1, AFC);
Fredericton, U.N.B
. Woodlot,
45.9206°N
,
66.6520°W
,
10-25.VII.2013
,
C. Alderson
&
V. Webster
//
Mature
mixed forest,
Lindgren funnel trap
5 m
high (1, AFC)
.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
ON, QC,
NB
(
Bousquet et al. 2013
).
Comment.
Most specimens (20 out of 26) of
Oligomerus obtusus
from NB were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the canopy of various tree species in hardwood and mixed forests.