Orchesia ovata Laliberte , 1967

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 215-242 : 230-231

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2598

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scientific name

Orchesia ovata Laliberte , 1967
status

 

Orchesia ovata Laliberte, 1967 Map 19

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 28. VI– 7.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 1-10.VII.2009, 10-15.VII.2009, 15-21.VII.2009, 21-28.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (5, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 5-19.VII.2011, 5-17.VIII.2011, 17-30.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, NBM). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 14-28.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, NBM); same locality and collectors but 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 14-28.VII.2011, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, NBM). Sunbury Co. Burton, Sunpoke Lake, 45.7658°N, 66.5546°W, 26.VII-1.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, oak forest with scattered white pine, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); ca. 2.5 km S of Beaver Dam, 45.7735°N, 66.6852°W, 13.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, powerline-right-of-way, sweeping foliage (1, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, 45.8972°N, 67.6272°W, 21.VII.2004, D. Sabine, J. Edsall, K. Bredin, & R. Webster, mixed forest with cedar, sweeping foliage near small stream (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, Orchesia ovata was found in a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, an old-growth northern hardwood forest with sugar maple and yellow birch, an old red oak forest, an oak forest with scattered white pine ( Pinus strobus L.), an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, a mixed forest, and along a powerline right-of-way. Most adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. A few individuals were swept from foliage. Elsewhere, this species has been found on wood covered with decaying foliage of red maple ( Laliberté 1966). Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006). Orchesia ovata was not listed by LeSage (1991a) as occurring in New Brunswick. Majka and Pollock (2006) reported this species from New Brunswick in Table 1 but did not include any data to support the record. The above records establish its presence in the province.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Ortheziidae

Genus

Orchesia