Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis (Germar, 1818)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Eucinetidae and Scirtidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 41-53 : 44-45

Eucinetus haemorrhoidalis (Germar, 1818) Map 1

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Madawaska Co., Loon Lake, 236 m elev., 47.7839°N, 68.3943°W, 21.VII.2010, R. P. Webster, boreal forest, small lake surrounded by sedges, treading sedges and grasses near Myrica gale bushes into water (1, NBM). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A. (Protected Natural Area), 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 12-21.V.2009, 21-27.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1,RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9816°N, 66.3374°W, 12.V.2007, R. P. Webster, 8.5 year-old regenerating mixed forest, sifting moss and litter (2, RWC); same locality but 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 19-25.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, red spruce forest with red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 19-25.V.2009, 1-8.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8267°N, 66.7343°W, 30.IV.2005, R. P. Webster, Carex marsh, in sphagnum in Carex hummock (2, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.8331°N, 66.7410°W, 14.IV.2006, mixed forest, in litter and sphagnum (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was collected along a lake margin, and in a Carex marsh, an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest, a mature red spruce ( Picea rubens Sarg.) forest, an old red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) forest, a mature mixed forest, and an 8.5-year-old regenerating mixed forest. Adults were collected by treading sedges ( Carex sp.) and grasses along a lake margin, sifting moss and leaf litter, and sifting sphagnum from a Carex hummock in a Carex marsh. This species was capable of jumping out of a 15 cm high sifting box. This species was also captured in Lindgren funnel traps. Adults were collected during April, May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE ( Campbell 1991a; Majka 2010). This species was recorded from New Brunswick by Campbell (1991a) based on specimens collected in Kouchibouguac National Park (Kent Co.) and Tabusintac (Northumberland Co.).