Paracymus despectus (LeConte, 1863)

Webster, Reginald P. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, New records of Helophoridae, Hydrochidae, and Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 19-30 : 24-25

Paracymus despectus (LeConte, 1863)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., C.F.B. Gagetown, 45.7516°N, 66.1866°W, 3-15.VII.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest with Quercus rubra , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Quercus rubra (1, AFC). York Co., Canterbury , Browns Mtn. Fen [Eel River P.N.A.], 45.8967°N, 67.6343°W, 23.VI.2005, J. Edsall & R. Webster // Cedar swamp, in shaded moss-covered pools (4, RWC); same locality but 23.VI.2014, R.P. Webster // Calcareous cedar fen with shrubby cinquefoil, treading saturated sphagnum along moose trail (1, NBM; 1, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

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

Comments.

Most specimens from New Brunswick were collected from saturated sphagnum moss in an open calcareous cedar fen. Smetana (1988) mentions that Paracymus despectus (LeConte) frequents shallow water with abundant organic debris but noted that little else was known about its habitat preferences.