Taphrocerus gracilis (Say, 1825)

Webster, Reginald P. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Buprestidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 55-65 : 61

Taphrocerus gracilis (Say, 1825) Map 9

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8428°N, 66.7279°W, 20.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, small sedge marsh, in moist grass litter & sphagnum (1, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.8430°N, 66.6275°W, 17.VI.2007, regenerating mixed forest, sweeping foliage of Carex species in small marshy area (1, RWC); 17 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6816°N, 66.9060°W, 2.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, red pine forest, marshy area in roadside ditch, sweeping (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Larval hosts include beak-rush ( Rhynchospora corniculata (Lam.)) and bulrush ( Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.)) ( Nelson et al. 2008). Although the above host species do not occur in New Brunswick, related species in these genera occur in the province ( Hinds 2000). Adults have been reported from Carex hyalinolepus Steud., buttonbush ( Cephalanthus occidentalis L.), and dock ( Rumex verticillatus L.). Adults from New Brunswick were collected from Carex sp., swept from foliage in a marshy area in a roadside ditch, and sifted from moist grass litter and sphagnum in a small Carex marsh. Adults were captured during April, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bright 1987; Davies 1991; Bellamy 2008c).

Figures

Map 9. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Taphrocerus gracilis.