Enicmus fictus Fall, 1899**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records for New Brunswick, Canada: Kateretidae, Nitidulidae, Cerylonidae, Endomychidae, Coccinellidae, and Latridiidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 193-214 : 204-205

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2581

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2DB27254-9B40-5865-BE77-24AF24B367B6

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scientific name

Enicmus fictus Fall, 1899**
status

 

Enicmus fictus Fall, 1899** Map 15 View Map 15

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 27.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, u.v. light (1 AFC); same locality, habitat, and collector, 23.IV.2008, 9.V.2008, collected during aerial flight 15:00 to 18:00 h (2, RWC); same locality data and collector, 30.IX.2007, 11.X.2007, mixed forest, in decaying (mouldy) corncobs and cornhusks (2, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species is often found in stored products and has been collected from grass clippings ( Hatch 1962; Bousquet 1990). In New Brunswick, specimens were collected from decaying (moldy) corncobs and cornhusks, at an ultraviolet light, and with an aerial net during an evening flight. Adults were captured during April, May, June, September, and October.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NF ( Bousquet 1991; Majka et al. 2009).This species was newly recorded from Newfoundland and Atlantic Canada by Majka et al. (2009).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Latridiidae

Genus

Enicmus