Heterhelus abdominalis ( Erichson, 1843 )

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 340

Heterhelus abdominalis ( Erichson, 1843)

Carleton Co.: Belleville , Meduxnekeeg Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2007, M.-A. Giguére & R.Webster, flood plain forest, sweeping (5, RWC) ; same locality, 25.VI.2007, R.P.Webster, flood plain forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana , (1, RWC) ; Jackson Falls , Bell Forest, 46.2152°N, 67.7190°W, 11.V.2005, M.-A. Giguére & R.Webster, flood plain forest, sweeping (1, RWC) .

Heterhelus abdominalis has been recorded in Canada from Manitoba to Québec ( McNamara 1991), and in the United States from New Hampshire and New York, south to Georgia and west to Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa ( Parsons 1943; Downie and Arnett 1996; Chandler 2001). Adults have been found on the flowers of wild plum ( Prunus americana Marsh. ), blackberry ( Rubus spp.) ( Rosaceae ), common elder ( Sambucus canadensis L., Caprifoliaceae ), bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis L., Papaveraceae ), and water hemlock ( Cicuta maculata L., Apiaceae ) ( Parsons 1943; Dillon and Dillon 1961; Price and Young 2006), as well as under the bark of Quercus sp. (A. Cline, pers. obs.).