Orchesia ovata Laliberte , 1967

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 215-242 : 230-231

Orchesia ovata Laliberte, 1967 Map 19

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 28. VI– 7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 1-10.VII.2009, 10-15.VII.2009, 15-21.VII.2009, 21-28.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 5-19.VII.2011, 5-17.VIII.2011, 17-30.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, NBM). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 14-28.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, NBM); same locality and collectors but 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 14-28.VII.2011, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, NBM). Sunbury Co. Burton, Sunpoke Lake, 45.7658°N, 66.5546°W, 26.VII-1.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, oak forest with scattered white pine, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); ca. 2.5 km S of Beaver Dam, 45.7735°N, 66.6852°W, 13.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, powerline-right-of-way, sweeping foliage (1, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, 45.8972°N, 67.6272°W, 21.VII.2004, D. Sabine, J. Edsall, K. Bredin, & R. Webster, mixed forest with cedar, sweeping foliage near small stream (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, Orchesia ovata was found in a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch, an old red oak forest, an oak forest with scattered white pine ( Pinus strobus L.), an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, a mixed forest, and along a powerline right-of-way. Most adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. A few individuals were swept from foliage. Elsewhere, this species has been found on wood covered with decaying foliage of red maple ( Laliberté 1966). Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006). Orchesia ovata was not listed by LeSage (1991a) as occurring in New Brunswick. Majka and Pollock (2006) reported this species from New Brunswick in Table 1 but did not include any data to support the record. The above records establish its presence in the province.