Phloeophagus minor Horn, 1873**

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 361

Phloeophagus minor Horn, 1873** Map 38

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 29.VI-12.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 5-19.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

O’Brien (1997) reported this species as occurring in decaying trunks of various hardwood species such as birch ( Betula sp.), willow ( Salix sp.), and elm, and on dead twigs. The specimens from New Brunswick were captured during July in Lindgren funnel traps in a silver maple swamp.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c).