Cymatodera bicolor (Say, 1825)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Trogossitidae, Cleridae, and Melyridae, with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, ZooKeys 179, pp. 141-156 : 149-150

Cymatodera bicolor (Say, 1825) Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1957°N, 67.6803°W, 10.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 29.VI-7.VII.2011, 20.VII-4.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (8, AFC, NBM, RWC); Grand Lake Mead ows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 21.VI-5.VII.2011, M Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap in forest canopy (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One specimen from New Brunswick was captured in an ultraviolet light trap in a mixed forest area. Others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in the canopy of red oaks in an old red oak forest and in the canopy of a silver maple in a silver maple forest. Adults were captured during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991). Only one previous specimen of this species was known from the Maritime provinces (Kings Co., Kentville, specimen in CNC) ( Majka 2006). Majka (2006) considered this specimen was either from an isolated population in Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia or a wind-blown stray.