Paradonus pectoralis (Say, 1839)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Elateridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 93-113 : 99-100

Paradonus pectoralis (Say, 1839) Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., St. Andrews, 45.0751°N, 67.0374°W, 25.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, sea beach, sweeping foliage (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 5.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, in gravel near shoreline of lake (2, RWC); Grand Lake at Stony Point, 46.0031°N, 66.0337°W, 17.VIII.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster, lakeshore, cobblestone beach, among cobblestones (3, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 19.VII.2005, 9.VII.2006, 17.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (3, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of this species were collected in gravel and among cobblestones along lakeshores, by sweeping foliage on a sea beach, and at an ultraviolet light in a mixed forest. Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991).