Trichapion nigrum (Herbst, 1797) Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster, 2013

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 18

Trichapion nigrum (Herbst, 1797) new to Ontario and Quebec

Note.

This native species was newly recorded in Canada in New Brunswick by Majka et al. (2007a) and feeds on the seeds of Robinia pseudoacacia L. ( Fabaceae ). That the first specimen was collected over 50 years ago, that the host is widespread, and that this tribe has received little taxonomic attention, all suggest that this species may be more widespread than known.

Specimen data.

Ontario: Simcoe Co., Cookstown, Lake Simcoe, 11.vi.1962, S62-1237-01, Robinia pseudoacacia , F. I. S. (1, CNCI); Quebec: MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Ville de l’Île-Perrot, 21.vi.2011 (14:00) beaten from Robinia pseudoacacia , P. de Tonnancour (2, CNCI; 1, CPTO); MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Ville de l’Île-Perrot, 1.vii.2011 (18:00) beaten from Robinia pseudoacacia , P. de Tonnancour (14, CNCI).