Ostoma fraterna (Randall, 1838)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Trogossitidae, Cleridae, and Melyridae, with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, ZooKeys 179, pp. 141-156 : 144-145

Ostoma fraterna (Randall, 1838) Map 2

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Charlotte Co., St. Stephen, 17.V.1933, J. B. O’Donnel (8, AFC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030 °N, 68.3503°W, 30. V– 15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

The specimen with habitat data from New Brunswick was collected from a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch. Specimens were collected during May and June. Ostoma fraterna has been found under bark of spruce ( Picea sp.) and in various Polyporaceae species ( Piptoporus betulinus (Fr.) Kar., Spongiporus leucospongia (Cke. and Hark.) Murr., and Tyromyces fragilis (Fr.) Donk) ( Barron 1971, 1996).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YK, NT, BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, NB, NS, NF ( Bousquet 1991; Majka 2011). This uncommon species was first reported for New Brunswick by Majka (2011) based on six specimens collected by W. McIntosh in Saint John during 1902. The record from Dionne Brook Protected Natural Area is the first recent record of this species from the province.