Scopaeus (Scopaeus) minutus Erichson, 1840*

Note.

See Brunke and Marshall (2011) for illustrations and identification. This adventive species was first reported from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Frisch et al. (2002) without presenting precise occurrences or vouchers. Additional data were provided by Brunke and Marshall (2011) for Ontario and by Webster et al. (2016) for New Brunswick, and we here provide the first distribution data for Quebec.

Specimen data.

Canada: QUEBEC - Ville de Lévis, Saint-Nicolas (46.6902, -71.3120), 14.V.2022, L. Leclerc, sifted from wood debris and Sphagnum sp. (1, LLC). - Ville de Québec, St-Augustin-de-Desmaures (46.7371, -71.4122), 6.V.2023, N. Bédard, sifting moss on a disturbed field (3, NBC). - MRC de Portneuf, Pont-Rouge (46.7543, -71.7183), 1.VIII.2022, L. Leclerc, ultraviolet cross-vane panel trap (1, LLC); same locality except 22.IV.2023, L. Leclerc, by sifting Betula and Populus leaf litter in a sandpit (2, LLC).

Distribution in Canada.

ON, QC, NB (Webster et al. 2016) - Supporting data for Quebec.