Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853

Webster, Reginald P., Makepeace, Scott, DeMerchant, Ian & Sweeney, Jon D., 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Histeridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 11-26 : 16

Platysoma leconti Marseul, 1853 Map 10

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1888°N, 67.6762°W, 20.V.2005, R. P. Webster (1, RWC). Northumberland Co., 12.0 km SSE of Upper Napan near Goodfellow Brook, 46.8943°N, 65.3810°W, 23.V.2007, R. P. Webster, recent clear-cut, under bark of spruce log (1, NBM). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 25.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, on dead red oak trunk (1, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 13-25.V.2011, 29. VI– 7.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, NBM). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8779°N, 66.0013°W, 13.VI.2009, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, under bark of birch with fermented sap (2, RWC). Sunbury Co., Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8992°N, 66.4248°W, 5.VI.2004, R. P. Webster (1, RWC); Lakeville Corner, 45.9007°N, 66.2423°W, 27.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, among polypore fungi on poplar log (1, NBM). York Co., near Magaguadavic Lake, 45.7283°N, 67.1818°W, 24.IV.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster (3, NBM, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8340°N, 66.7450°W, 14.V.2004, R. P. Webster (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 4-11.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

Platysoma leconti is found under bark of a variety of dead deciduous tree species (maples ( Acer spp.), oaks ( Quercus spp.), elm ( Ulmus spp.), poplars ( Populus sp.), ashes ( Fraxinus spp.)) and pines ( Bousquet and Laplante 2006). In New Brunswick, this species was found under bark of a red oak, under bark with fermented sap of a dead standing birch ( Betula sp.), and among polypore fungi on a poplar log. Adults were also caught in Lindgren funnel traps. Adults were captured during April, May, June, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet and Laplante 2006).