Prasocuris vittatus (Olivier, 1807)

Webster, Reginald P., LeSage, Laurent & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 321-348 : 326

Prasocuris vittatus (Olivier, 1807) Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8160°N, 65.9928°W, 25.VI.2008, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, sweeping roadside foliage (2, RWC). Saint John Co., Saint John, VI.190?, W. McIntosh (1, NBM). York Co., Canterbury, 45.8841°N, 67.6428°W, 8.VI.2004, D. Sabine & R. Webster, hardwood forest, sweeping foliage of small marsh (sedges) (1, RWC); same locality but 45.8972°N, 67.6272°W, 21.VII.2004, D. Sabine, J. Edsall, K. Bredin, & R. Webster, mixed forest with cedar, sweeping foliage near small stream (2, RWC); Canterbury, Browns Mtn. Fen, 45.8977°N, 67.6335°W, 1.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, mixed forest, sweeping foliage along forest trail (5, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Prasocuris vittatus was collected by sweeping foliage along a roadside and forest trail, in a small marsh with Carex , and near a small stream. However, the true host is probably buttercup ( Ranunculus acris L.) on which both larvae and adults were found and reared by the second author. Ranunculus acris and Ranunculus repens L. (Creeping buttercup) were reported as hosts for this species by Clark et al. (2004). Adults were collected during June and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991).