Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Eucnemidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 77-91 : 87

Nematodes penetrans (LeConte, 1852) Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 29.VI-12.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 19. VII– 5.VIII.2011, 5-17.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (5, AFC, NBM, RWC); Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, M. Roy & V. Webster, 13-20.VII.2011, 20. VII– 4.VIII.2011, 4-18.VIII.2011, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (22, AFC, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Nematodes penetrans was reared from American beech ( Knull 1947) and from dead standing Acer , Fagus , and Ulmus spp. ( Dury 1904). In New Brunswick, this species was captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps in an old silver maple forest with green ash and an old red oak forest. All but one individual were captured in traps deployed in the forest canopy.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991; Majka 2007).