Lacon maculatus (LeConte, 1866)

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 282-283

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7327

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DE650E3E-B589-4682-B925-A7D5439D07B1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB1557DF-BB7F-5B39-C10F-5DF94BE83FCC

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scientific name

Lacon maculatus (LeConte, 1866)
status

 

Lacon maculatus (LeConte, 1866)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls , "Bell Forest", 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 8-23.V.2012, 21.VI-3.VII.2012, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Rich Appalachian hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Tilia americana (2, RWC). Queens Co., C.F.B. Gagetown, 45.7516°N, 66.1866°W, 4-17.VI.2013, 17.VI-3.VII.2013, 3-15.VII.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest with Quercus rubra , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Quercus rubra (3, AFC; 1, NBM; 4, RWC). Sunbury Co. , Gilbert Island , 45.8770°N, 66.2954°W, 12-29.VI.2012, 29.VI-11.VII.2012, 20.VI-5.VII.2013, 5-17.VII.2013, C. Alderson, C. Hughes, & V. Webster // Hardwood forest , Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Acer saccharinum (1), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (2), Juglans cinerea (2), Populus tremuloides (1), Tilia americana (1) (5, AFC; 1, RWC; 1, NBM); Sunpoke Lake , 45.7656°N, 66.5550°W, 18.VI-9.VII.2012, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Red oak forest near seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps 1 m high under Quercus rubra (2, RWC). York Co., Fredericton, Odell Park, 45.9539°N, 66.6666°W, 24.VI-9.VII.2013, 9-24.VII.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Hardwood stand, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy (1, AFC; 1, NBM) GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comment.

Most specimens (19 out of 21) of Lacon maculatus were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the canopy of various tree species in hardwood and mixed forests.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Genus

Lacon