Carpophilus (Megacarpolus) lugubris Murray, 1864

Reed, Sharon E., Dutkiewicz, David, Ross, Fiona, Llewellyn, Jennifer & Fraser, Hannah, 2023, New records of Nitidulidae (Nitidulidae, Coleoptera) species in Canada, Ontario, and Manitoba, ZooKeys 1156, pp. 33-52 : 33

Carpophilus (Megacarpolus) lugubris Murray, 1864

Notes.

This species is recorded for much of central and western Canada from British Columbia to Saskatchewan and Ontario ( Bousquet et al. 2013). Here, we report Carpophilus (Megacarpolus) lugubris for the first time in Manitoba from three localities in 2019, 2020, and 2021. This species being found in Manitoba was not unexpected since it is present in the bordering provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario. Downie and Arnett (1996) record C. (M.) lugubris occurring across the United States. There are several records of this species in Canada reported on the IN website, from BC, ON, and QC ( Lugubris 2023).

New records.

Manitoba: Birds Hill Provincial Park, MB, Roscoe Rd. 50.0436°N, 96.8719°W, 10-ix-2019 wind-oriented funnel trap, mixed hardwood forest next to Quercus sp. (1, OFRI).

Beaudry Provincial Park, MB, Roblin Blvd, 49.8576°N, 97.4638°W, 11-viii-2020 (1, OFRI), ibidem, 18-viii-2020 (1, OFRI); ibidem, 2-ix-2020 (2, OFRI); ibidem, 23-ix-2020 (1, OFRI); ibidem, 30-ix-2020 (1, OFRI). All samples were collected from wind-oriented funnel traps, riparian hardwood forest next to Quercus sp.

Saint Malo, St Malo Provincial Park, MB, 49.3229°N, 96.9355°W, 29-vii-2021, wind-oriented funnel trap, mixed hardwood forest next to Quercus sp. (1, OFRI).

Distribution in Canada.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON ( Bousquet et al. 2013).