Acmaeops discoideus (Haldeman, 1847)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D., DeMerchant, Ian, Silk, Peter J. & Mayo, Peter, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Cerambycidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 309-319 : 312

Acmaeops discoideus (Haldeman, 1847) Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., 8.1 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6880°N, 66.7841°W, 30.VI.2010, R. P. Webster, roadside, on Sambucus canadensis flowers (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual was collected in late June from flowers of elderberry ( Sambucus canadensis L.) on a roadside near an area with red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) and white pine ( Pinus strobus L.). The larvae of this species develop in Pinus spp. ( Yanega 1996).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.NB, NS ( Webster et al. 2009). Webster et al. (2009) newly recorded this species from Canada on the basis of a specimen collected in Halifax, Nova Scotia.