Phloeotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 215-242 : 232

Phloeotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878) Map 22

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 15-21.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 29. VII– 4.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 7-14.VII.2009, 4-11.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, RWC); same locality and habitat data, 30.VI-13.VII.2010, R. Webster & K. Burgess, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 30.VI-13.VII.2010, 13-27.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, & K. Burgess, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of this species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red oak stand, an old (180-year-old) red pine stand, a mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest, and an old mixed forest. Majka and Pollock (2006) reported that this species was associated with balsam fir, red spruce, and white pine. In New Brunswick, Phloeotrya fusca was collected during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

QC, NB, PE, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006).