Ellescus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, New Curculionoidea records from New Brunswick, Canada with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, ZooKeys 573, pp. 367-386 : 372-373

Ellescus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1878°N, 67.6705°W, 18.VIII.2008, R.P. Webster // Hardwood forest , sweeping (1, NBM); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 8-23.V.2012, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Populus tremuloides (2, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 3-13.V.2011, 13-25.V.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster // old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (trap in big toothed aspen) (5, AFC; 2, NBM; 8, RWC); C.F.B. Gagetown, 45.7516°N, 66.1866°W, 9-22.V.2013, 20.V-4.VI.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest with Quercus rubra , Lindgren funnel traps in canopy (1, AFC; 1 RWC). Northumberland Co. , ca. 1.5 km NW of Sevogle, 47.0939°N, 65.8387°W, 1-14.V..2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Populus tremuloides stand with a few conifers, Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Populus tremuloides (1, AFC). York Co. , Fredericton, 12.V.1921, 19.V.1921, 10.V.1921, R.P.G. (16, AFC); Fredericton, Odell Park, 45.9539°N, 66.6666°W, 2-15.V.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Hardwood stand, Lindgren funnel trap in canopy (1, AFC); Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 22.V-4.VI.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

Many (21) specimens of Ellescus bipunctatus were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood and mixed forests in NB; all but one in the canopy of trees. Most specimens were collected from traps in the canopy of quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides Michx. and large-toothed aspen, Populus grandidentata Michx.