Eucnecosum brunnescens (J. Sahlberg, 1871)** Map 4

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Madawaska Co., Loon Lake, 236 m elev., 47.7839°N, 68.3943°W, 21.VI.2010, 21.VII.2010, R. P. Webster, boreal forest, small lake surrounded by sedges, treading sedges and grasses near Myrica gale bushes into water (9 ♂, 8 ♀, NBM, RWC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A. 47.8200°N, 66.0015°W, 13.V.2010, R. P. Webster, under alders near brook in Carex marsh, in leaf litter and moss (1 ♂, 1 ♀, NBM); same locality but 47.8257°N, 66.0779°W, 24.V.2010, R. P. Webster, partially shaded cobblestone bar near outflow of brook into Jacquet River, under cobblestone in sand gravel mix (1♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of this northern species are typically found by sifting Alnus and Salix spp. litter near margins of bogs, shallow lakes, and streams (Campbell 1984a). They are also found in Carex hummocks (collected by treading hummocks into water) and in bird nests on ground (Campbell 1984a). Most of the New Brunswick specimens were collected from a wet (emergent sedges) sedge marsh near a small lake by treading sedges and grasses near Myrica bushes into water. Two adults were found in leaf litter and moss under alders near a small brook in a Carex marsh, and one individual was found under a cobblestone on a shaded cobblestone bar in a brook. Adults were collected during May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YT, NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB, LB, NF (Campbell 1984a). This is a widely distributed Holarctic species found across Canada in the boreal forest areas, north to the southern Arctic (Campbell 1984a).