Sphindus species near americanus LeConte, 1866

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Sphindidae, Erotylidae, Monotomidae, and Cryptophagidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 169-192 : 172

Sphindus species near americanus LeConte, 1866 Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 26.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 15-21.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was collected at an ultraviolet light near a mixed forest and captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red pine forest. Adults were captured during June and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

Majka (2010) considered the identification of Sphindus americanus as provisional for New Brunswick due to the poor condition of the specimen. The above specimens are similar to Sphindus americanus in possessing a two-segmented antennal club, but differ in other characters from specimens of Sphindus americanus in the C.N.C. and may be an undescribed species (Serge Laplante, personal communication). In Canada, Sphindus americanus was reported from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec by Campbell (1991a). Sphindus americanus was first reported from Nova Scotia by Dollin et al. (2008), and Majka (2010) considered this species common and widespread in the province (but see below).

Figures

Map 2. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Sphindus near americanus.