Stenoscelis brevis (Boheman, 1845)

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 360

Stenoscelis brevis (Boheman, 1845) Map 34

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 29. VI– 12.VII.2010, 12-26.VII.2010, 26. VII– 7.VIII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (45, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 5-19.VII.2011, 19. VII– 5.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (7, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species occurs under bark or in dead wood of a variety of hardwood species such as apple, hawthorn ( Crataegus ), elm ( Ulmus ), ash, maple ( Acer ), and oak ( O’Brien 1997). In New Brunswick, a large series of adults was captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps in a silver maple swamp.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991c; Majka et al. 2007c).