Ptilinus ruficornis Say, 1823

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D., DeMerchant, Ian & Turgeon, Martin, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Dermestidae, Endecatomidae, Bostrichidae, and Ptinidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 127-139 : 133

Ptilinus ruficornis Say, 1823 Map 10

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., North Richmond (now probably Richmond Corner), 20.VI.1942, R. E. Currie, beating balsam fir foliage, F.I. Survey 42-L113 (1, AFC); Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 5-12.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); same locality and habitat data but 21-28.VI.2009, 28.VI-7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (9, AFC, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 29.VI-16.VII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 18-25.VI.2009, 10-15.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 19.VII-5.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Saint John Co., Fairville Plateau, 30.VI.1949, from house, (9, AFC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 24-30.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., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 15-21.VI.2009, 21-28.VI.2009, 28.VI-7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC); same locality and habitat data, 16-30.VI.2010, 30.VI-13.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, & K. Burgess, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Ptilinus ruficornis occurred in various deciduous and coniferous forest types in New Brunswick. This species was captured in a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple, American beech, and white ash, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forest, an old red pine forest, a mature (110-year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, and an old-growth eastern white cedar forest/swamp. Most adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps; one individual was beaten from balsam fir foliage. The larvae of Ptilinus sp. mine hardwoods ( Philips 2002). Adults were captured during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991a).

Figures

. Map 10. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Ptilinus ruficornis.