Orthoperus scutellaris LeConte, 1878

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 313

Orthoperus scutellaris LeConte, 1878

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Saint John Co., Chance Harbour, 45.1156°N, 66.3610°W, 7.V.2006, R.P. Webster // Sea beach, in decaying sea wrack on gravel and sand (1, RWC); Chance Harbour off Cranberry Head Rd. , 45.1355°N, 66.3438°W, 12.VIII.2007, 12.V.2008, R.P. Webster // Barrier beach, in drift material and decaying sea wrack on gravel and sand (2, RWC). Sunbury Co., Tracy , off Webb Rd. , 45.6931°N, 66.6539°W, 31.VIII.2008, R.P. Webster // Mixed forest, sweeping roadside vegetation (1, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, BC, AB, SK, ON, NB, NS ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

Most specimens of Orthoperus scutellaris were sifted from decaying sea wrack and drift material on sea beaches. One individual was swept from roadside vegetation.