Hylis terminalis (LeConte, 1866)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Eucnemidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 77-91 : 80-81

Hylis terminalis (LeConte, 1866) Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 12-19.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality and habitat but 7-12.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 10-23.VIII.2010, C. Hughes & K. Burgess, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Northumberland Co., Priceville, 27.VII.1972, N. Carter, window trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 14-19.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 7-13.VII.2011, 13-20.VII.2011, 20. VII– 4.VIII.2011, 4-18.VIII.2011, 18-31.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (12, AFC, NBM, RWC); 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). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13-21.VII.2009, 21-29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 11.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, beating foliage (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 14-20.VII.2009, 20-29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC); same locality and habitat data but 30. VI– 13.VII.2009, R. Webster, K. Burgess, & C. Hughes, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Hylis terminalis has been reared from Carya ( Horn 1886) and a moist, decayed American beech log ( Knull 1946). This specieswas found in various forest types in New Brunswick. These included a mature hardwood forest with beech, sugar maple, and ash, an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest, an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forest with green ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh), a red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg.) forest with red maple ( Acer rubrum L.) and balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.), an old-growth eastern white cedar ( Thuja occidentalis L.) forest, and an old red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) forest. Most adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. One individual was collected by beating foliage in a regenerating mixed forest, and another was caught in a window trap. Adults were captured during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS ( Bousquet 1991; Muona 2000; Majka 2007). Records from western Canada (BC, AB, SK) reported in Bousquet (1991) are in error according to Muona (2000).