Stelidota coenosa Erichson, 1843

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 309-310

Stelidota coenosa Erichson, 1843

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, Northumberland Co., ca, 2.5 km W of Sevogle , 47.0876°N, 65.8613°W, 27.VIII.2013, R.P. Webster // Old Pinus banksiana forest, in partially dried boletus mushrooms (3, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB (New Canadian record).

Comments.

Adults of Stelidota coenosa were collected from partially dried bolete mushrooms on a roadside through a jack pine forest. Little is known about the habitat requirements of this species. Other species in the genus have been found in decaying fruit and fungi ( Downie and Arnett 1996). Most members of the genus are tropical ( Ford 1996). In the United States, Stelidota coenosa (as Stelidota ferruginea Reitter) has been recorded from NJ west to MI, south to FL and TX ( Downie and Arnett 1996).