Elaterinae Leach, 1815

Digirolomo, Marc F., Blackington, Christopher O., Michaud, Dana J. & Bourque, David R., 2021, New Coleoptera State Records from Maine, USA: 54 Species from Bycatch Collected in Baxter State Park, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 161-172 : 165

Subfamily Elaterinae Leach, 1815 Tribe Ampedini Gistel, 1848

Ampedus sellatus (Dejean, 1833)

Record. Piscataquis Co., T6 R10 WELS, Baxter State Park, 46.1904°, — 69.0641°, 10–23.vi.2015.

Distribution in the US and Canada. AB, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MB, ME, MI, MN, MT, NB, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, ON, PA, QC, RI, SK, TN, VA, VT, WI ( Chandler 2001; Downie and Arnett 1996; Seibert 1993).

Remarks. While reviewing University of New Hampshire Insect Collection (UNHC) holdings, we encountered an unpublished specimen record of this species from Maine which pre-dates the record listed above: Kennebec County, Augusta, 13.vii.1947, A. E. Brower, coll., on dying elm, Elater sellatus .

Melanotus morosus Candèze, 1860

Record. Piscataquis Co., T6 R10 WELS, Baxter State Park, 46.1904°, — 69.0641°, 10.v–1.vi.2016.

Distribution in the US and Canada. AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, ME, MI, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, ON, PA, QC, SC, TN, TX, VA (Quate and Thompson 1967).

Family DERMESTIDAE Latreille, 1804 Subfamily Megatominae Leach, 1815 Tribe Anthrenini Gistel, 1848

Megatoma variegata (Horn, 1875)

Records. Piscataquis Co., T6 R10 WELS, Baxter State Park, 46.1904°, — 69.0641°, 19.v–10.vi.2015 (n = 4); 7–21.vii.2015.

Distribution in the US and Canada. AB, BC, CA, ID, ME, OR, UT, WA ( Beal 2003).

Remarks. These are the first records of this species in eastern North America.