Asclera puncticollis (Say, 1823)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 279-307 : 284-285

Asclera puncticollis (Say, 1823) Map 5

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 12-19.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality and forest type but 23-28.IV.2009, 20-26.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1890°N, 67.6766°W, 8.VI.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, floodplain forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 12-21.V.2009, 21-27.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 13-25.V.2011, 25. V– 7.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (8, AFC, NBM); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 27. VI– 5.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 25.V.-2.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 19.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on lilac flowers (3, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, 25. V– 1.VI.2009, 15-21.VI.2009, old red pine forest, Lind gren funnel traps (2, AFC); same locality and forest type but 18. V– 4.VI.2010, 4-16.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, Lindgren funnel traps (7, AFC, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 16-30.VI.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.

Asclera puncticollis was found in a hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, a floodplain forest, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) swamp, an old mixed forest, an old red pine forest, and a mature red spruce forest. Adults were collected from choke cherry ( Prunus virginiana L.) and lilac ( Syringa vulgaris L.) flowers but most individuals were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. Adults were collected during April, May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell 1991e; Majka and Langor 2011).