Peltodytes edentulus (LeConte, 1863)

Majka, Christopher, van Vondel, Bernhard & Webster, Reginald, 2009, The Haliplidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 249-266 : 259-260

Peltodytes edentulus (LeConte, 1863)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: St. Marie , 24.IX.1977, M. Roy, (1, UMNB) ; Queens Co.: Welsford near Nerepis River , 45.4441° N, 66.33.00° W, 27.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, river margin in trailing vegetation, (1, RWC) ; Westmorland Co.:

Moncton , 17.IX.1994, J. Bourqie, (1, UMNB) ; Moncton , 2.X.1975, Jacinte L., (1, UMNB) ; Moncton , 7.VI.1983, P. Tremblay, (1, UMNB) ; Moncton, 15.IX.2005, P. Duerr, (1, UMNB). NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Co.: Schooner Pond , 6.IX.2003, C. W. D’Orsay, (1, CBU) ; Gillis Lake , 5.VII.1990, B. Wright, (5, NSMC) ; Sydney River , 5.VII.1990, B. Wright, (5, NSMC) ; Colchester Co.: Debert , 3.VI.1994, 14.VII.1996, J. Ogden, (2, NSNR) ; Cumberland Co.: Amherst , 4.V.1996, J. Ogden, pond, (2, JOC) ; Amherst Point, Layton’s Lake , 8.IX.1978, D. S. Davis, (2, NSMC) ; Lower River Hebert , 23.VI.1992, B. Wright, (1, NSMC) ; Halifax Co.: Lake Egmont , 15.VI.1990, B. Wright, (3, NSMC) ; Hants Co.: Sound Maitland, Hayes Cave , 19.VI.1978, 29.VI.1978, 16.V.1979, B. Wright, (6, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: Black River , 16.VII.1992, J. Gilhen, (1, NSMC) ; Kings Co.: Coldbrook , 26.VIII.1993, B. Wright, (2, NSMC) .

Peltodytes edentulus is newly recorded from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Fig. 4). It was previously reported from Prince Edward Island by Majka (2008). In Atlantic Canada there are records from ponds and river margins.