Plesiobaris disjuncta Casey, 1892***

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 : 357-358

Plesiobaris disjuncta Casey, 1892*** Map 28

Material examined.

CANADA, New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Belleville, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1888°N, 67.6762°W, 27.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, upper river margin, sweeping (2, RWC).

Quebec, Verchères (Co.), Varennes, 5.VI.2006, 13.VI.2006, 21.VI.2006, 29.VI.2006, 26.VI.2008, C. Chantal sweeping (5, CCC).

Collection and habitat data.

Species in this genus are associated with Hypericum ( Hypericaceae ) in wetlands ( Anderson 2002). In New Brunswick, adults were col lected by sweeping foliage along a river margin during late August. Specimens from Quebec were collected by sweeping during June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB (new Canadian records).