Hylesinus aculeatus Say, 1824

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 366

Hylesinus aculeatus Say, 1824 Map 56

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2152°N, 67.7190°W, 11.V.2005, 1.VI.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, river margin forest with butternut, collected with aerial net during late afternoon flight, (5, RWC); same locality and collector but 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 28. IV– 9.V.2009, 9-14.V.2009, 14-20.V.2009, 20-26.V.2009, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (7, AFC, RWC). Kings Co., Grays Mills, 1.VI.1921, R. P. G., (1, AFC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 4-19.V.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). York Co., South Tweedside, 25.X.1977, (no collector given), camp window (20, AFC); Fredericton, 24.VIII.1978 (emergence date), (no collector given), ex. Fraxinus americana (9, AFC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 10.V.2007, 6.V.2008, 4.IV.2010, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, collected with aerial net during late afternoon flights (3, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 19-25.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

Hosts include various species of Fraxinus ( Wood 1982). Adults from New Brunswick were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in river margin floodplain forests with butternut, white ash, and black ash ( Fraxinus nigra Marsh.), silver maple forest, hardwood forests with American beech and sugar maple, mixed forests, and a red pine forest. Fraxinus was present at all these sites. Adults were also reared from Fraxinus americana . This species was collected during April, May, and early June (most during May).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bright 1976; McNamara 1991d).