New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae

oleh: Reginald Webster, Jon Sweeney, Ian DeMerchant

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Pensoft Publishers 2012-04-01

Deskripsi

Eleven species of Mordellidae are newly recorded for New Brunswick, Canada. Six of these, Falsomordellistena discolor (Melsheimer), Falsomordellistena pubescens (Fabricius), Mordellistena ornata (Melsheimer), Mordellaria undulata (Melsheimer), Tomoxia inclusa LeConte, and Yakuhananomia bidentata (Say) are new for the Maritime provinces. Falsomordellistena pubescens is new to Canada. Pelecotoma flavipes Melsheimer (family Ripiphoridae) is reported for the first time for New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces. Collection and habitat data are presented for all these species.