Phymatodes aereus (Newman, 1838)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D., DeMerchant, Ian, Silk, Peter J. & Mayo, Peter, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Cerambycidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 309-319 : 312-313

Phymatodes aereus (Newman, 1838) Map 3

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 27. V– 5.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009, 18-25. VI.2009, 25. VI– 1.VII.2009, 7-14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (37, AFC, RWC); same locality and forest type, 22-29.VI.2011, 29. VI– 7.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 31. V– 15.VI.2009, 15-29.VI.2009, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (10, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 29.VI-12.VII.2009, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 7-14.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Phymatodes aereus was captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one deployed in an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest, an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forest, and in an old red pine forest with scattered hardwoods. Larvae of this uncommon species develop in dead Quercus ( Lingafelter 2007). Adults in New Brunswick were captured during May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( McNamara 1991; Majka et al. 2010). Majka et al. (2010) newly recorded this species from New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces, based on a specimen collected by Martin Turgeon in Saint-Basile, Madawaska Co. during 2003. This species is probably widespread in the province.