Megapenthes solitarius Fall, 1934**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Elateridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 93-113 : 103

Megapenthes solitarius Fall, 1934** Map 22

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 21-27.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, NBM, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 13-25.V.2011, 25. V– 7.VI.2011, 22-29.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC). Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 30.V-15.VI.2011, 27. VI– 14.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, NBM, CNC).

Collection and habitat data.

In Alberta, two adults of Megapenthes solitarius were collected in mixed boreal forests; one from a window trap, the other was flying in a forest when captured ( Fuller 2008). In New Brunswick, adults (9 specimens) of this rare species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red oak forest and an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch ( Betula alleghaniensis Britt.). Adults were captured during May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AB, QC, NB ( Bousquet 1991; Fuller 2008).