Ampedus areolatus (Say, 1823)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Elateridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 93-113 : 101

Ampedus areolatus (Say, 1823) Map 15

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2152°N, 67.7190°W, 12.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, river margin, treading vegetation in seepage area (1, RWC); Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. P. Webster, floodplain forest with butternut, sweeping (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 19-31.V.2010, 31. V– 15.VI.2010, 15-29.VI.2010, 29. VI– 12.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (18, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 17-30.VIII.2011, C. Hughes & R. P. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (2, NBM).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults were collected by treading vegetation in a seepage area along a river margin, by sweeping vegetation in a floodplain forest, and from Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old silver maple forest near a seasonally flooded marsh. Adults were collected during May, June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991; Majka and Johnson 2008).