Podapion gallicola Riley, 1883**

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 : 351

Podapion gallicola Riley, 1883** Map 6

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Otter Brook Rd., off Little Lake Rd. emerged. 24.III.1969, reared from red pine, (no collector given) 68 –2-1869– 01 (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 14-20.VII.2009, 20-29.VII.2009, 4-11.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC); same data, but 13-27.VII.2010, 27. VII– 10.VIII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 13-27.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species is associated with Pinus spp., and larvae occur in galls on twigs ( Anderson and Kissinger 2002). In New Brunswick, adults were captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red pine forest and an old mixed forest with red pine. One specimen was reared from red pine.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991b).