Pedilus elegans (Hentz, 1830)**

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 : 292-293

Pedilus elegans (Hentz, 1830)** Map 16

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 7.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, floodplain forest, beating foliage of Prunus virginiana (1, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, 45.8841°N, 67.6428°W, 8.VI.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster, hardwood forest, sweeping foliage along woodland trail (3, RWC); Mazerolle Settlement, 45.8765°N, 66.8260°W, 8.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, beaver meadow, sweeping vegetation along brook margin (8, NBM, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6837°N, 66.8809°W, 10.VI.2009, R. P. Webster, old red pine forest, sweeping foliage (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was taken by beating foliage of choke cherry in a floodplain forest, sweeping foliage along a trail through a hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, and sweeping vegetation along a brook in a beaver meadow. Adults were collected during June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet 1991c).