Mordellina ancilla (LeConte, 1862)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 243-256 : 246

Mordellina ancilla (LeConte, 1862) Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 27.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, regenerating mixed forest, sweeping foliage in brushy opening (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual of this species was swept from foliage in a brushy opening of a regenerating (20-year-old) mixed forest during late June. This species was reared from Gleditsia triacanthos L. ( Fabaceae ) (larvae feed inside the thorns) in Tennessee, USA ( Ford and Jackman 1996), but undoubtedly uses other hosts in New Brunswick as this host species does not occur in the province.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Jackman 2006). Mordellina ancilla was newly recorded from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces by Majka and Jackman (2006).