Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg, 1837)

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 : 370-371

Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg, 1837) Map 64

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 16-21.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 12-21.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (6, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 13-19.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 15-21.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Bright (1976) noted that this adventive species attacks large, dying, deciduous trees and also Pinus and Tsuga spp. In New Brunswick, all adults were captured during May and June in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood forests, an old red oak forest, a red spruce forest, and an old red pine forest.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bright 1976; McNamara 1991d; Majka et al. 2007c).