Planolinoides aenictus (Cooper and Gordon, 1987)**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 27-40 : 30

Planolinoides aenictus (Cooper and Gordon, 1987)** Map 9

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Little Tobique River near Red Brook, 47.4462°N, 67.0689°W, 24.V.2007, R. P. Webster, old growth eastern white cedar swamp, in moss and leaf litter near brook (1, RWC). Saint John Co., Chance Harbour off Rt. 790, 45.1355°N, 66.3673°W, 15.V.2006, R. P. Webster, eastern white cedar swamp, in moss and leaf litter near brook (1, RWC). York Co., New Maryland, Charters Settlement, 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 5.V.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, entrance to porcupine den, in porcupine dung (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was reported from moose ( Alces alces (L.)) dung and carnivore scats in a spruce and sphagnum bog in Ontario as well as from localities in Quebec ( Cooper and Gordon 1987). Specimens from New Brunswick were sifted from moss and leaf litter in old-growth eastern white cedar ( Thuja occidentalis L.) swamps and from porcupine ( Erethizon dorsatum (L.)) dung in the entrance of a porcupine den. All adults were collected during May.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB, QC ( McNamara 1991; Cooper and Gordon 1987).

Figures

Map 9. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Planolinoides aenictus.