Curculio obtusus (Blanchard, 1884)**

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 : 354-355

Curculio obtusus (Blanchard, 1884)** Map 16

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Bellville, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1890°N, 67.6766°W, 8.VI.2005, 4.VII.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, floodplain forest, beating foliage of Corylus cornuta (2, RWC); same locality, but 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 25.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, floodplain forest, beating foliage of Corylus cornuta (2, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 15-21.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type but 18.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, sweeping foliage (1, AFC); same locality data and forest type 29.VI-7.VII.2011, 7-13.VII.2011, 20.VII-4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, NBM, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, near "Browns Mountain Fen", 45.8978°N, 67.6273°W, 3.VII.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mixed forest, on foliage of Corylus cornuta (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Most adults from New Brunswick were collected by beating foliage of beaked hazelnut ( Corylus cornuta Marsh.) or sweeping foliage near this shrub. Some adults were collected in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red oak forest with abundant Curculio cornuta in the understory. Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c).