Agonum (Agonum) piceolum (LeConte, 1879)** Map 6

Material examined.

New Brunswick,Madawaska Co., Gagné Brook at First Lake Rd., 47.6077°N, 68.2534°W, 23.VI.2010, M. Turgeon & R. Webster, northern har dwood forest, shaded brook among gravel on gravel bar, splashing and turning gravel (2, RWC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8066°N, 66.0911°W, 13.VIII.2010, R. P. Webster, eastern white cedar & balsam fir forest, shaded brook, gravel bar, splashing gravel (2, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Agonum piceolum is a northern transcontinental species usually found near rivers, streams, and lake shores in shaded areas, often among dead leaves on sparsely vegetated soil (Lindroth 1966; Larochelle and Larivière 2003). Specimens from New Brunswick were collected from gravel on gravel bars along cold, shaded brooks in a northern hardwood forest and an eastern white cedar ( Thuja occidentalis L.) and balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) forest. Adults were collected during June and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NF (Bousquet 1991).