Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster, 2013

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 42-43

Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) new data on first Quebec record

Note.

This adventive Palearctic species was first reported from Quebec by Bright and Skidmore (2002) without reference to specimens. The following is to document these first-known captures of this species in Quebec. Xylosandrus germanus feeds in both broad leaved and conifer trees.

Specimen data.

Quebec: MRC Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Mont St-Bruno, 45.55°N, 73.316°W, 30.v.-5.vi., 5-12.vi., 12-19.vi., 19-26.vi., 26.vi.-2.vii., 2-12.vii., 12-17.vii., 17-24.vii., 24.vii.-1.viii., 1-8.viii.2000, G. Pelletier (18 CNCI), CNC Diptera 128373 to 128391.