Ernobius opicus Fall, 1905

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 291

Ernobius opicus Fall, 1905

Material examined.

Canada, New Brunswick, York Co. New Maryland, Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 27.VI.2007, R.P. Webster // Mixed forest , m.v. light (1, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB (New Canadian record).

Comments.

Ernobius opicus is easily distinguished from its congeners by the combination of scabrous and opaque (conspicuously granulate) elytra being slightly less shiny than the prothorax, fifth segment of antennae being as long as the third, and the peculiar lateral sinuation of the anterior edge of the pronotum ( Fall 1905). The species was described from specimens from MA and MI.