Lixus rubellus Randall, 1838**

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 : 362-363

Lixus rubellus Randall, 1838** Map 43

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Bellville, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, flood plain forest, on flowers of Crataegus species (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 3.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, red oak and maple forest near lakeshore, beating foliage of Amelanchier species (4, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of the genus Lixus are associated with members of the families Asteraceae and Polygonaceae ( Anderson 2002). In New Brunswick, adults were collected in June from flowers of Crataegus along a river margin and beating foliage of Amelanchier near a lakeshore.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c).