Perapion punctinasum (J.B. Smith, 1884), 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 : 96

Perapion punctinasum (J.B. Smith, 1884), new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2016

Note.

This native species is easily separated from all other Apioninae known to occur in Quebec by the conspicuous elongate postscutellar spot of white vestiture and spot of dense white scales at the base of elytral interstriae 2 and 3. Nothing is known of its habits or life history, except that adults were collected in August on dock, Rumex L. spp., including golden dock, Rumex persicarioides L. ( Polygonaceae ) ( Bright 1993). Ontario was until now considered as the eastward limit of its range in Canada ( Bousquet et al. 2013). A photograph of one of the specimens reported herein is posted on bugguide.net (http://bugguide.net/node/view/1077586/bgpage).

Specimen data.

[MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, composting site, 29V2015, white tulle fabric flight interception trap, R. Vigneault (2, CRVI).