Peltodytes duodecimpunctatus (Say, 1825)

Majka, Christopher, van Vondel, Bernhard & Webster, Reginald, 2009, The Haliplidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 249-266 : 259

Peltodytes duodecimpunctatus (Say, 1825)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Carleton Co.: Wakefield, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Reserve , 46.1890° N, 67.6706° W, 6.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, old growth cedar stand, spring fed seepage in moss and debris in small pools, (1, RWC) ; Sunbury Co.: Juvenile Settlement at South Branch Oromocto River , 45.5341° N, 66.6096° W, 27.VI.2006, M. Giguère & R. P. Webster, (1, RWC) .

Peltodytes duodecimpunctatus is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada (Fig. 4). It was reported from Nova Scotia by Downie and Arnett (1996), however, we have not found specimens in any reference collection consulted, there are no published specimen records of the species from Nova Scotia, and it was not reported from the province by Roughley (1991). Consequently we remove it from the faunal list of Nova Scotia. However, since it has been found in neighbouring New Brunswick it should be sought in Nova Scotia.