Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 37

Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902 new to Alberta

Note.

The native, Pinus -feeding mountain pine beetle has not previously been reported from Alberta in the taxonomic literature despite well-studied, costly outbreaks there. Specimens listed here document the oldest CNCI material from Canada outside British Columbia.

Specimen data.

Alberta: Waterton Lakes National Park, Summit-Carthew Lakes Trail, 49.033°N, 113.984°W, 17.vi.1980, J.M Campbell & D.E. Bright (6, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130912-130917; Waterton Lakes National Park, km 3 Chief Mountain Highway, 17.vi.1980, J.M. Campbell (1, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130911; Waterton Lakes National Park, Red Rock Canyon, 49.133°N, 113.018°W, 16.vii.1980, ex. Pinus contorta , D.E. Bright(1, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130910; Waterton Lakes National Park, km 9 Chief Mountain Highway, 24.vii.1980, ex. Pinus contorta , D.E. Bright (3, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130918-130920; Waterton Lakes National Park, Cameron Lake, 49.017°N, 114.067°W, 30.vii.1980, D.E. Bright (4, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130902-130905; Waterton Lakes National Park, Belly River, 49.767°N, 113.034°W, 30.vii.1980, D.E. Bright (4, CNCI), CNC Diptera 130906-130909.