Bagous planatus LeConte, 1876**

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 356

Bagous planatus LeConte, 1876** Map 25

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near Clark Ridge, 45.3155°N, 67.4406°W, 27.V.2007, R. P. Webster, beaver pond, treading (marsh) vegetation (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Maugerville, Portobello Creek N.W.A. (National Wildlife Area), 45.8992°N, 66.4248°W, 24.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, silver maple forest, margin of slow river under litter on muddy soil (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults were collected along the margin of a beaver pond by treading marsh vegetation. Others were found under leaf litter on the margin of a slow flowing river. Adults were captured during May and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991c). Majka et al. (2007b) removed Bagous planatus from the faunal list of New Brunswick due to an absence of a supporting voucher specimen. The above records establish this species as a member of the New Brunswick fauna.