Enchodes sericea (Haldeman, 1848)

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 : 231

Enchodes sericea (Haldeman, 1848) Map 20

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Carleton Co.,Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 19-27.VI.2008, 5-12.VII.2008, 12-19.VII.2008, 19-28.VII.2008, 6-14.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (11, AFC, RWC); same locality and habitat data but 28.VI-7.VII.2009, 19-31.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, 1-10.VII.2009, 10-15.VII.2009, 15-21.VII.2009, 21-28.VII.2009, 28.VII-6.VIII.2009, 6-14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (13, AFC, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 15-29.VI.2010, 29. VI– 12.VII.2010, 12-26.VII.2010, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (7, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 5-19.VII.2011, 19.VII-5.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 28.VII-9.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, NBM). York Co., 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 27.VII.2010 R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, most adults of Enchodes sericea were found in hardwood forests. These included a mature hardwood forest with sugar maple and American beech, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest/swamp, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old mixed forest. All specimens were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006). This species was first reported from New Brunswick by Majka and Pollock (2006) based on a specimen collected in Fredericton by A.B. Baird in 1915. The above records are the first recent records of this species from New Brunswick and indicate this species is relatively common (41 specimens) in hardwood forests in the province.