Attalus morulus (LeConte, 1852)**

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 : 150

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2585

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E8F61829-A338-FCCB-6BD1-3BBAF35B47D4

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scientific name

Attalus morulus (LeConte, 1852)**
status

 

Attalus morulus (LeConte, 1852)** Map 9

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., Blueberry Rd., off Hwy 8, 47.3210°N, 65.4229°W, 24.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, jack pine forest, on foliage of jack pine (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 29. VII– 4.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 13-27.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Attalus morulus were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old-growth red pine forest. One individual was collected from foliage of jack pine ( Pinus banksiana Lamb.) in a jack pine forest. Adults were captured during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, QC, NB ( Bright 1991). Attalus morulus was previously reported from Connecticut and New York, in northeastern USA ( Downie and Arnett 1996).

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melyridae

SubFamily

Malachiinae

Genus

Attalus