Neohaemonia melsheimeri (Lacordaire)**

Webster, Reginald P., LeSage, Laurent & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 321-348 : 324-325

Neohaemonia melsheimeri (Lacordaire)** Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Mazerolle Settlement, 45.8765°N, 66.8260°W, 8.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, beaver meadow, sweeping vegetation along brook margin (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species has been collected from leaves and stems of pondweeds ( Potamogeton sp.) (Potamogetonaceea) ( Askevold 1987) and from leaf litter beside small lakes from October to the first snow (L. LeSage, personal observation). Neohaemonia species occur mostly in lotic sites near streams and are often submerged, and thus, are rarely collected ( Askevold 1987). Larvae are submerged and feed on the stems and roots of Potamogeton ( Hoffman 1940). The single adult from New Brunswick was collected by sweeping vegetation along a stream margin in early June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( LeSage 1991).