Pedilus lugubris (Say, 1827)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Harrington, 28 June 2004, C. Noronha, barley field, pitfall trap, ACPE.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island: scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 3). In Canada recorded from Ontario east to Nova Scotia (Bousquet 1991); in the United States recorded from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts (Chandler 2001), and New York west to Illinois (Downie & Arnett 1996). Larvae are associated with cool, moist sub­cortical conditions between loosened bark and decaying wood of deciduous and coniferous trees; adults are common on shrubs and flowers (Young 2002).