Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1775)†

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 326

Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1775)†

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Waterside Beach, 45.6282°N, 64.8129°W, 29.VI.2014, R.P. Webster // Sand dune, sweeping dune vegetation with beach pea (7, NBM; 8, RWC). Sunbury Co., Maugerville , off Rt. 105, 45.8662°N, 66.4559°W, 4.VI.2014, 9.VI.2014, R.P. Webster // Flood plain forest, sweeping roadside foliage (1, NBM; 1, RWC). York Co. , Lincoln , 45.9120°N, 66.6115°W, 7.VI.2015, R.P. Webster // Meadow with clover & alfalfa, sweeping (1, RWC); Keswick Ridge , 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 2-18.VI.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Mixed forest, Lindgren funnel trap in canopy (1, AFC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

The adventive Bruchidius villosus (broom seed beetle) was first reported in Atlantic Canada from NS by Majka and Langor (2011). In NS, this adventive Palaearctic species was found on the adventive weed, Scotch broom ( Cytisis scoparius (L.) Link) ( Fabaceae ) ( Majka and Langor 2011). In NB, Bruchidius villosus was swept from foliage and flowers of Lathyrus japonicus Willid. (beach pea), a native member of the Fabaceae , and from foliage in a meadow, and along a roadside at two inland sites where beach pea and Scotch broom do not occur. More study is required to establish if Bruchidius villosus will become a pest on native Fabaceae .