Ampedus nigricollis (Herbst, 1801)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Elateridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 93-113 : 101

Ampedus nigricollis (Herbst, 1801) Map 16

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 21.VI-5.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Maugerville, Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8990°N, 66.4200°W, 28.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, silver maple swamp, under bark of silver maple (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One specimen was found under bark of a silver maple during late June in a silver maple swamp, another was captured between late June and early July in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in the canopy of a silver maple in a silver maple swamp. Majka and Johnson (2008) reported this species from rotten wood of poplar, a spruce stump, and reared from an apple log in Nova Scotia.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991; Majka and Johnson 2008).