Leptura obliterata deleta (LeConte, 1850)

Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 285-308 : 294

Leptura obliterata deleta (LeConte, 1850) ***

New Brunswick: York Co., W. of Canterbury, “Browns Mountain Fen”, 45.89654°N, 67.63435°W, 7.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, eastern white cedar fen, on a branch of a small, dying eastern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis (1, RWC).

This subspecies of a more common western species, is considered to be very rare and was previously known only from a few states in the northeastern U.S.A. ( Yanega 1996). Th is specimen represents the first record of this subspecies in Canada.