Nycteus testaceus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Eucinetidae
Genus: Nycteus
Name
Nycteus testaceus (LeConte, 1866) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Additional New Brunswick records, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2199°N, 67.7232°W, 13.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, on gilled mushrooms (4, RWC); same locality but 46.2210°N, 67.7210°W, 25.VII.2007, R. P. Webster, hardwood forest, u.v. light (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 25.VI–1.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1,RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 23.VII.2007, 7.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (2, RWC).
Collection and habitat data
Nycteus testaceus was collected from gilled mushrooms on the forest floor of a hardwood forest, and at an ultraviolet light in a mixed forest and a hardwood forest. One individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old red oak forest. This species was capable of jumping out of a 15 cm high sifting box, resulting in the loss of a number of specimens collected from gilled mushrooms. Adults were captured during July, August, and September.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB (Campbell 1991a[1]). Campbell (1991a)[1] reported this species from New Brunswick. However, Majka (2010)[2] could not find any specimens or published source to support the record and, therefore, considered the status of this species in the province as hypothetical. The above records confirm the presence of this species for New Brunswick.
Taxon Treatment
- Webster, R; Sweeney, J; DeMerchant, I; 2012: New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Eucinetidae and Scirtidae ZooKeys, 179: 41-53. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Campbell J (1991a) Family Scirtidae: marsh beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, 142.
- ↑ Majka C (2010) Eucinetidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime provinces of Canada. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 6: 16-21.
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