Pelecotoma flavipes Melsheimer, 1846**

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 243-256 : 248

Pelecotoma flavipes Melsheimer, 1846** Map 12

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 10-15.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 7-13.VII.2011, 13-20.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps in forest canopy (13, AFC, NBM, RWC). Victoria Co., Arthurette, (no day given).III.1959, C. C. Smith, emerged from barn timbers (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 30. VI– 13.VII.2010, R. Webster & K. Burgess, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (in forest canopy) (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

A large series of this species was captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red oak forest. Most individuals were captured in traps in the forest canopy. One individual was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in the canopy of a red pine in an old red pine forest; another emerged from barn timbers. Adults were captured during July. This species is a parasitoid of Ptilinus ruficornis (Say) ( Anobiidae ) and is found on exposed dead wood of sugar maples, American beech, and oak ( Stephens 1968; Acciavatti and Simone 1976) and probably has a life history similar to that of Pelecotoma fennica ( Svácha 1994). Ptilinus ruficornis was common at both localities where Pelecotoma flavipes was collected.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Campbell 1991)