Mordellistena fuscipennis (Melsheimer, 1846)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 243-256 : 247-248

Mordellistena fuscipennis (Melsheimer, 1846) Map 9

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co.,Jackson Falls,Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 19-28.VII.2008, 28.VII-6.VIII.2008, 6-14.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC, RWC); same locality and forest type, 31.VII-7.VIII.2009, 7-12.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel trap (2, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 28.VII-6.VIII.2009, 6-14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 9-23.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM); same locality and collectors but 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 28.VII-9.VIII.2011, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 21-29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 28.VIII.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on goldenrod (1, RWC); same locality and collector, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 23.VII.2007, 5.VIII.2009, mixed forest, u.v. light and Lindgren funnel traps (3, NBM, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 20-29.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 13-27.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

In Wisconsin, adults of Mordellistena fuscipennis were collected at a black light and from flight intercept and malaise traps in various hardwood forests ( Lisberg and Young 2003). In Nova Scotia, adults were collected from deciduous and mixed coniferous forests ( Majka and Jackman (2006). This species was also found in various deciduous and conifer forest types in New Brunswick. Adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple, American beech, and white ash, an old red oak forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch ( Betula alleghaniensis Britt.), in old and mature mixed forests, in an old red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) forest, in a mature red spruce forest, and in an old-growth white spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) and balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) forest. The only adult with specific micro-habitat data was collected from goldenrod ( Solidago sp.) flowers. Two individuals were collected at an ultraviolet light near a mixed forest. Adults were collected during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Jackman 2006).