Prionocyphon discoideus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Scirtidae
Genus: Prionocyphon
Name
Prionocyphon discoideus (Say)** – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 8–16.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC, RWC). Restigouche, Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 14–28.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 11–18.VI.2009, 18–25.VI.2009, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, AFC, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 19–31.V.2010, 15–29.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 24–30.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 28.VI.2005, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (1, RWC).
Collection and habitat notes
Prionocyphon discoideus was captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in a variety of deciduous and coniferous forest types in New Brunswick. These included mature mixed forests, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest near a seasonally flooded marsh, a red spruce forest and an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest. One individual was collected at an ultraviolet light. Adults were captured during May, June, July, and August.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska
ON, QC, NB (Campbell 1991b[1]).
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
- ↑ Campbell J (1991b) Family Eucinetidae: plate-thigh beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, 141.
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