Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say, 1835)

Majka, Christopher G., 2006, The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Zootaxa 1385, pp. 31-46 : 36-37

Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say, 1835)

NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Canard, 24.vii.1956 & 10.vii.1959, H.T. Stultz, (3), ACNS; Canard, 5.iii.1959, H.T. Stultz, emerged, ACNS; Coldbrook, 21.viii.1956, C.D. Dondale, ACNS; Nictaux, 8.vii.1946, H.T. Stultz, ACNS; Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater, 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, (4), NSMC; Pictou Co.: Salt Springs, 16.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, along river, CGMC. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings Co.: Woodville Mills, 30.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, shore of pond, (2), CGMC; Queens Co.: Millvale, 13.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, brackish marsh, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Scattered records from across the region except for Cape Breton Island ( Figure 3 ). Several records from wet habitats. Knull (1951) records it on dead bittersweet ( Celastrus scandens L.) ( Celastraceae ) infested with cerambycid larvae; grape ( Vitis ) ( Vitaceae ) infested with Phymatodes amoenus (Say) (Cerambycidae) ; birch ( Betula ) ( Betulaceae ) infested with Agrilus betulae Fisher (Buprestidae) ; linden ( Tilia ) ( Tiliaceae ) infested with Eupogonius pubescens LeConte and Grammoptera exigua (Newman) (Cerambycidae) ; black oak ( Quercus velutina Lam. ) infested with Agrilus geminatus (Say) ; and on hickory ( Carya ) ( Juglandaceae ) infested with wood-borers. Also recorded from a cynipid gall on white oak ( Quercus alba L.).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of Phyllobaenus verticalis and P. pallipennis in the Maritime Provinces.