Neopyrochroa femoralis (LeConte, 1855)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 279-307 : 293

Neopyrochroa femoralis (LeConte, 1855) Map 17

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 9.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, oak and maple forest, m.v. light (1, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 15-29.VI.2010, 29. VI– 12.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (8, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 5-19.VII.2011, 19. VII– 5.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (9, AFC, NBM).

Collection and habitat data.

One adult was collected at a mercury-vapor light in a red oak and maple forest near a lake; others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old silver maple swamp, including traps that were deployed in the forest canopy. Adults were collected during June, July, and August. Larvae occur under bark and decomposing wood of standing, dead, hardwood trees, usually near riparian areas ( Young 2002b).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell 1991a; Majka 2006). Majka (2006) reported this species for the first time from the Maritime provinces, based on a specimen from Nova Scotia collected near Lake Kejimkujik in the Kejimkujik National Park. The above records indicate a broader distribution in the region.