New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae

By

Webster, Reginald P.
Sweeney, Jon
DeMerchant, Ian
Bouchard, Patrice
Bousquet, Yves, 1951-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

179

Pages

257-277

Subjects

Canada , New Brunswick , new records , Tenebrionidae , Zopheridae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2465

 

Abstract

Thirteen species of Tenebrionidae are newly reported for New Brunswick, Canada. Paratenetus punctatus Spinola, Pseudocistela brevis (Say), Mycetochara foveata (LeConte), and Xylopinus aenescens LeConte are recorded for the first time from the Maritime provinces. Platydema excavatum (Say) is removed from the faunal list of New Brunswick, and the presence of Platydema americanum Laporte and Brullé for the province is confirmed. This brings the total number of species of Tenebrionidae known from New Brunswick to 42. Two species of Zopheridae, Bitoma crenata Fabricius and Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer, are newly recorded for New Brunswick, bringing the number of species known from the province to four. Bitoma crenata is new to the Maritime provinces. Collection and habitat data are presented for these species.