Conotrachelus recessus (Casey, 1910), 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 : 102

Conotrachelus recessus (Casey, 1910), new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015

Note.

This small Conotrachelus Dejean, 1835 was previously known in Canada only from Ontario ( Bousquet et al. 2013). It is superficially similar to a Tychius Germar, 1817 sp. and was in fact originally described by Casey in the tribe Tychiini ( Curculioninae) as the type of the monobasic genus Loceptes Casey, 1910 ( Schoof 1942). It can be separated from its congeners by its very small size (2.5 - 3.0mm), golden colored scales and recurved elytral setae. Available data on host plants are inconclusive.

Specimen data.

MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, 19VI2014 (0:00), attracted to UV + porch light, P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO).