Heterhelus sericans (LeConte, 1869)

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 340-341

Heterhelus sericans (LeConte, 1869)

Albert Co.: Shepody National Wildlife Area, Mary’s Point Section , 45.7320°N, 64.6765°W, 16.VI.2004, R.P. Webster, on flowers in spruce forest, (8, NBM, RWC) ; Carleton Co.: Belleville, Meduxnekeeg Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1965°N, 67.6803°W, 31.V.2005, M.-A. Giguére & R.Webster, old field, sweeping (5, NBM, RWC) ; York Co.: Fredericton , 45.9110°N, 66.6686°W, 4.VI.2004, R.P. Webster, sweeping roadside vegetation near black spruce bog, (7, NBM, RWC) .

Heterhelus sericans has been recorded in Canada from British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006), and in the United States from Maine south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to Kansas and Wisconsin ( Parsons 1943; Chandler 2001; Price and Young 2006). In Nova Scotia specimens were principally collected in deciduous forests associated with blossoms of Sambucus racemosa L. ( Caprifoliaceae ), Diervilla lonicera, P. Mill. (Caprifoliaceae) , Prunus virginiana L. ( Rosaceae ), Crategus spp ( Rosaceae ), and Cornus alterniflora L.f. ( Cornaceae ) ( Majka and Cline 2006); also reported from Aristolochia sp. ( Aristolochiaceae ) (A. Cline, pers. obs.).