Ellescus ephippiatus (Say, 1831)**

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 355

Ellescus ephippiatus (Say, 1831)** Map 17

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Medunxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1878°N, 67.6705°W, 18.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, sweeping (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 3-13.V.2011, 13-25.V.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap in forest canopy (trap in a big toothed aspen) (15, AFC, NBM, RWC). York Co., Fredericton, 12.V.1921, 19.V.1921, 20.V.1921, R.P.G. (16, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

Species in this genus are associated with Salix and Populus spp. ( Anderson 2002). The only adult from New Brunswick with bionomic data was swept from foliage in a hardwood forest. Other individuals were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red oak forest deployed in the canopy of a large-toothed aspen ( Populus grandidentata Michx.) Adults were collected during May and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c).