Asclera ruficollis (Say, 1823)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 279-307 : 285-286

Asclera ruficollis (Say, 1823) Map 6

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2252°N, 67.7190°W, 12.VII.2004,, K. Bredin, J. Edsall, & R. Webster, floodplain forest, sweeping foliage (1, RWC); same locality and habitat, 11.V.2005, R. P. Webster, on trout lily flower (2, NBM, RWC); same locality and collector but 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 19.IV.2005, mature hardwood forest, in leaf litter at base of tree (1, RWC); same locality and habitat, 20.VI.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, on flowers of Cornus sp. (2, RWC); same locality, habitat, and collectors, 28. IV– 9.V.2009, 20-26.V.2009, 1-8.VI.2009, 21-28.VI.2009, Lindgren funnel traps (6, AFC, RWC); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1890°N, 67.6766°W, 8.VI.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, floodplain forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana (1, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 19.VI.2004, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on lilac flowers (1, RWC); Canterbury, near Browns Mountain Fen, 45.8951°N, 67.6333°W, 10.VI.2005, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mixed forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana (1, RWC); Rt. 645 at Beaver Brook, 45.6830°N, 66.8679°W, 8.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, red maple and alder swamp, on flowers of Ilex verticiliata (winter berry) (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was found in a hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, a floodplain forest, and a mixed forest. Adults were collected from flowers of trout lily ( Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl.), lilac, Cornus sp., choke cherry, and winter berry ( Ilex verticiliata (L.)). A few individuals were swept from foliage or sifted from leaf litter at the base of a tree; others were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. Majka and Langor (2011) reported this species from various flower species in Nova Scotia. Adults were captured during April, May, June, and July in New Brunswick.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Campbell 1991e; Majka and Langor 2011).