Plateros flavoscutellatus Blatchley, 1914

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Lycidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 115-126 : 119

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2494

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2FF269C-3497-7350-3E61-E56F27EF4228

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scientific name

Plateros flavoscutellatus Blatchley, 1914
status

 

Plateros flavoscutellatus Blatchley, 1914 Map 10

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 20.VII-4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co.,Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 1.VIII.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (1, RWC); same locality but 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 3.VIII.2004, 13.VIII.2004, R. P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, sweeping foliage in brushy opening (2, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 13-27.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC)

Collection and habitat data.

This species was captured in mixed and regenerating mixed forests, in an old red oak forest, and in an old red pine forest. Adults were collected at a black-light trap, by sweeping foliage, and in Lindgren funnel traps. Adults were collected during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Green 1953; McNamara 1991).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lycidae

Genus

Plateros