Chaetarthria atra (LeConte, 1863)

Webster, Reginald P. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, New records of Helophoridae, Hydrochidae, and Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 19-30 : 25

Chaetarthria atra (LeConte, 1863)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Belleville , Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1942°N, 67.6832°W, 9.VI.2008, R.P. Webster // River margin, among cobblestones set in sand and fine gravel near water’s edge (2, RWC). Queens Co., Bayard at Nerepis River, 45.4426°N, 66.3280°W, 30.V.2008, 25.VI.2010, R.P. Webster // River margin, under small rocks in gravel and in moist gravel (5, RWC)

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

In New Brunswick, adults of Chaetarthria atra (LeConte) were found on river margins among cobblestones set in fine sand and gravel, under small rocks, and in moist gravel at water’s edge. Little was previously known about its habitat preferences ( Smetana 1988).