Epuraea erichsoni Reitter, 1873

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 344

Epuraea erichsoni Reitter, 1873

Carleton Co.: Jackson Falls, Bell Forest , 46.2208°N, 67.7211°W, 1.VIII.2004, V. and R. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana , (1, RWC) ; Sunbury Co.: near Sunpoke Lake , 45.7658°N, 66.5546°W, R.P. Webster, red oak forest, on flowers of Viburnum cassinoides , (2, RWC) ; same locality, R.P. Webster, red oak forest, m. v. light , (1, RWC) ; York Co.: Charters Settlement , 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W,17.VI, 2004, 18.VI.2003, 26.VI.2003, 17.VII.2007, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, m.v light, (3, RWC) ; same locality, 16.VI.2007, R.P. Webster, mixed forest, on flowers of ornamental Spiraea sp., (1, RWC) ;

Epuraea erichsoni has been recorded in Canada from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories east to Québec and Nova Scotia ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006), and in the United States from Maine south to Florida and west to Texas and Nebraska ( Parsons 1943; Chandler 2001). The species is associated with oldgrowth forests ( Zeran et al. 2006) and is found at sap, under bark and on flowering trees, shrubs, and plants ( Parsons 1943). Price and Young (2006) found it on wounded large-toothed poplar ( Populus grandidentata ), and oak ( Quercus sp.) and on flowers of Prunus spp. and tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare L., Asteraceae ). In Nova Scotia it is found at sap, primarily in deciduous forests ( Majka and Cline 2006).