Anthonomus robustulus LeConte, 1876, 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 : 97

Anthonomus robustulus LeConte, 1876, new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015

Note.

This small native species is characterized by its 6-jointed funicle, compact, short and broad form, and light bluish-gray scales. It is said to occur on goldenrods, Solidago L. spp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Blatchley and Leng 1916). It was previously known in Canada from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Specimen data.

[MRC Brome-Missisquoi] Saint-Armand, 7VI2004, C. Chantal (2, CCCH); same except: 3VII2006 (2, CCCH), and 2VII2008 (2, CCCH); MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, 31V2011 (13:00), meadow, swept from Solidago / Aster , P. de Tonnancour (2, CPTO); same except: 1VI2011 (14:00) (1, CPTO); [MRC Brome-Missisquoi] Saint-Armand, 3VIII2011, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); [MRC Haut-Richelieu] Henryville [dike adjacent to Réserve écologique Marcel-Raymond], 28V2013, (14:00-17:00), swept from grasses, Equisetum and Solidago , C. Chantal and P. de Tonnancour (1, CCCH; 1, CPTO); MRC HautSaintLaurent, Saint-Anicet (45°0422, 74.4473), 14VI2013 (18:00), beaten from Cornus stolonifera , P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO); same except: 15VI2013 (13:00), wet meadow, swept from various herbaceous plants, P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO); [MRC La ValléeduRichelieu] Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 24VI2013, H. Miquet-Sage (1, CHMS); MRC Haut-Saint-Laurent, Franklin, roadside opposite to Ré serve écologique du Pin-Rigide, 17VII2013 (14:00), beaten from Lythrum salicaria , P. de Tonnancour (7, CPTO); MRC Haut-Richelieu, Henryville, dike adjacent to Réserve écologique Marcel-Raymond, 8VI2014 (14:00-16:00), swept from grasses, Equisetum and Solidago , P. de Tonnancour (4, CPTO); [MRC Brome-Missisquoi] Saint-Armand, 16VI2014, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); MRC Haut-Richelieu, Henryville, dike adjacent to Réserve écologique Marcel-Raymond, 4VI2015, P. de Tonnancour (16:00-18:00) (1, CPTO); [MRC Brome-Missisquoi] Saint-Armand (45.0199, -73.0838), 25V2016, S. Dumont (1, CSDU).