Bagous magister LeConte, 1876, new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2016

Note.

This native species is easily separated from other species of its genus by the deep impressions on the prothorax, the elytral pattern created by fuscous and light brown scales with a fascia crossing the suture near middle, and its large size (Tanner 1943). It is associated with fragrant water-lily, Nymphaea odorata Aiton ( Nymphaeaceae) ( O’Brien et Marshall 1979). It was previously known in Canada only from Ontario (Bousquet et al. 2013).

Specimen data.

MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, 31V2013 (21:30), UV + porch light, P. de Tonnancour (2, CPTO); same except 30V2013 (1, CMNC); same except 23VI2013 (1, CMNC); MRC Deux-Montagnes, Parc national d’Oka, 30VII2012 (18:00), swept from Cyperaceae, Polygonum sp., Pontederia cordata, and Sagittaria sp., P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO).