Leptophloeus

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & deMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Silvanidae and Laemophloeidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 157-168 : 164

Leptophloeus sp.** Map 8

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31.V-15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Both adults were captured during June in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, YT, QC, NB ( Bousquet 1991). There are specimens in the CNC from AB and YT (Bousquet, personal communication). Bousquet (1991) reported this species as Leptophloeus alternans (Erichson) in the Checklist of the Beetles of Canada. However, Thomas (1993) considered this to be an undescribed species. See Thomas (1993) for additional comments on the status of this species. There are at least two additional undescribed species from the western United States ( Thomas 1993).