Smicronyx sculpticollis Casey, 1892, new to Quebec

Tonnancour, Pierre de, Anderson, Robert S., Bouchard, Patrice, Chantal, Claude, Dumont, Stephane & Vigneault, Robert, 2017, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada, ZooKeys 681, pp. 95-117 : 99

Smicronyx sculpticollis Casey, 1892, new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015

Note.

This record is based on two specimens collected ten years apart from low vegetation in two localities. This native species was previously known in Canada only from Ontario ( Bousquet et al. 2013). It is associated with dodders, Cuscuta L. spp. ( Convolvulaceae ) ( Anderson 1962), obligate parasitic leafless vines almost entirely deprived of chlorophyll that wrap around various plants.

Specimen data.

[MRC Pierre-De Saurel] Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, 20VI2005, C. Chantal (CCCH, 1); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, La Grande Baie, 30VI2015 [swept from low vegetation in swampy area], R. Vigneault (1, CRVI).