Sthereus ptinoides (Germar, 1824)

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 : 365

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2626

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/08F70BDE-6358-A01D-AC8E-5AECC8B95C15

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scientific name

Sthereus ptinoides (Germar, 1824)
status

 

Sthereus ptinoides (Germar, 1824) View in CoL Map 50

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Saint John, Taylors Island, 45.2248°N, 66.1228°W, 28.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, sea beach, under drift wood (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Anderson (1988) reported this species from under driftwood on beaches of Queen Charlotte Island (official name is now Haida Gwai), British Columbia. The specimen from New Brunswick was likewise found under driftwood on a sea beach. The adult was collected during late August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, BC, NB, NS, NF ( McNamara 1991c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

SubFamily

Molytinae

Tribe

Molytini

Genus

Sthereus