Phloeophagus canadensis Van Dyke, 1927**

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 : 361

Phloeophagus canadensis Van Dyke, 1927** Map 37

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 19-27.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 2-21.VI.2011, 27. VI– 5.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC); Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 7-22.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 27. VI– 14.VII.2011, 14-28.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). York Co., 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 2-16.VI.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.

O’Brien (1997) reported Populus as a host of Phloeophagus canadensis . The New Brunswick adults were captured during June and July in Lindgren funnel traps in a hardwood forest, an old mixed forest, an old red oak forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old silver maple forest. Populus was present at all the sites where this species was captured.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, MB, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c).