Collops tricolor (Say, 1823)

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 : 301

Collops tricolor (Say, 1823)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Mount Douglas , 230 m elev., 45.4654°N, 66.3501°W, 1.VII.2012, R.P. Webster, M.-A. Giguère & M. Lavoie // Granitic bald, on sun-exposed bare rock face (7, NBM; 8, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

This species was reported from dry lichen communities on granite outcrops on a lake margin in NS ( Majka 2005). Specimens from NB were found on a granitic bald on a sun-exposed bare rock face. The bright-colored adults were observed crawling over the surface of the lichen-covered rockface in full sun.