Hylastes opacus Erichson, 1836**

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 : 366

Hylastes opacus Erichson, 1836** Map 54

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 25.VI.2006, R. P. Webster, red oak and maple forest near lakeshore, in litter near vernal pond (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6837°N, 66.8809°W, 10.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, old red pine forest, underside of red pine log, under bark (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 25. IV– 4.V.2009, 11-19.V.2009, 19-25.V.2009, 1-8.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (10, AFC, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 28. IV– 10.V.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.

Most adults of this adventive species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red pine and old mixed forest with red pine. One adult was collected from under bark on the underside of a red pine log. Adults were captured in April, May, and June. Bright and Skidmore (1997) reported various species of Pinus and Larix as hosts for this Palaearctic species where it breeds in stumps and roots of dead and dying trees ( Hoebeke 1994).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Bright and Skidmore 1997).