Procryphalus mucronatus (LeConte, 1879)

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, New Curculionoidea records from New Brunswick, Canada with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, ZooKeys 573, pp. 367-386 : 380

Procryphalus mucronatus (LeConte, 1879)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve , 46.1907°N, 67.6740°W, 7-21.VI.2012, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Populus tremuloides (6) and 1 m high under Populus tremuloides (1) (7, RWC). Kent Co., Kouchibouguac National Park , 46.8087°N, 64.9078°W, 27.V-12.VI.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Poplar /red maple stand, Lindgren funnel trap, 1 m high (1, AFC). Restigouche Co. , ca. 3 km SE of Simpsons Field, 47.5277°N, 66.5142°W, 25.VI-10.VII.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old cedar & spruce forest with Populus balsamifera & Populus tremuloides , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Populus balsamifera (1, RWC). Sunbury Co. , Gilbert Island, 45.8770°N, 66.2954°W, 18-28.V.2012, 28.V-12.VI.2012, 23.V-6.VI.2013, C. Alderson, C. Hughes, & V. Webster // hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Populus tremuloides (3, AFC; 3, RWC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, BC, AB, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013). These are the first records of this species from eastern Canada.

Comments.

Most (13 of the 15 specimens) were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the canopy of Populus tremuloides (12) and Populus balsamifera (1); the other two individuals were captured in traps under Populus tremuloides and in a stand with this tree species present. Populus tremuloides is the host of this beetle ( Bright 1976). Bright suggested that the record of Procryphalus utahensis Hopkins from QC might be a misidentification of Procryphalus mucronatus (Bright, personal communication).