Notaris scirpi, (Fabricius, 1793)

Lewis, Jake H. & Anderson, Robert S., 2022, Otiorhynchus desertus Rosenhauer, 1847 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Confirmation of Establishment in North America, and Other New Provincial Records of Adventive Weevils from New Brunswick, Canada, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 441-444 : 443

NoTaRIS SCIRpI (Fabricius, 1793)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Victoria County, Four Falls (46.8390°N, 67.7332°W), 1 January 2022, J. H. Lewis, dead specimen collected from spiderwebs along trimming of country-house in agricultural area (1 adult, CMNC) .

This is a wetland specialist which develops in species of Scirpus L. and Carex L. ( Cyperaceae ) ( Koch 1992). This species occurs naturally throughout the Palearctic region, with a range extending from western Europe to the Far East ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017). The first adventive records of N. scirpi from the Nearctic region are given in Pentinsaari et al. (2019), which includes 38 specimens taken from several localities in Quebec, Canada. As noted in Pentinsaari et al. (2019), N. scirpi possesses prominent dense, pale yellow to orange scales on the abdomen and thorax laterally, a character which distinguishes them from other, similar species. The collection of the present specimen in Four Falls, New Brunswick, a locality which lies less than 4.5 kilometers away from the Canada-USA border, indicates that this species may also be present in Maine, USA. Further field surveying is required to uncover the complete geographic range of N. scirpi in New Brunswick and surrounding regions.