Plateros subfurcatus Green, 1953

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Lycidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 115-126 : 119-120

Plateros subfurcatus Green, 1953 Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 30. VI– 8.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., Rt. 645 at Beaver Brook, 45.6830°N, 66.8679°W, 8.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, red maple and alder swamp, sweeping foliage (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in a red spruce forest and another was collected by sweeping foliage in a red maple ( Acer rubrum L.) and alder ( Alnus sp.) swamp. Both adults were captured during July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991; Bishop et al. 2009).