Pteryngium crenatum (Gyllenhal, 1808)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Sphindidae, Erotylidae, Monotomidae, and Cryptophagidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 169-192 : 184-185

Pteryngium crenatum (Gyllenhal, 1808) Map 20

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 31.V-15.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31.V-15.VI.2011, 27.VI-14.VII.2011, 28.VII-8.VIII.2011, 8-23.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, RWC); same locality and collectors but 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 28.VII-9.VIII.2011, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 7-14.VII.2009, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 10-26.V.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 adventive Palaearctic species was reported from bracket fungi in coniferous forests in Nova Scotia by Majka and Langor (2010). The New Brunswick specimens were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old eastern white cedar forest, an old-growth red pine forest, an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest (boreal forest), an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old mixed forest. Adults were captured during May, June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991b; Majka and Langor 2010).

Figures

Map 20. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Pteryngium crenatum.