Mordellistena picilabris Helmuth, 1864

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mordellidae and Ripiphoridae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 243-256 : 248

Mordellistena picilabris Helmuth, 1864 Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Mary’s Point, 21.V.2005, C. G. Majka, salt marsh, on flowers (1, CGMC). Restigouche Co., Blackland, 22.VIII.2007, J. S. McIvor, in grass (1, CGMC). Sunbury Co., 9.5 km NE of jct. 101 & 645, 45.7586°N, 66.6755°W, 17.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, old field with open sandy areas, sweeping foliage (1, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8340°N, 66.7450°W, 10.VII.2005, R. P. Webster, old field, sweeping (1, RWC); same locality and collector but 45.8430°N, 66.7275°W, 20.VII.2008, old field within regenerating (20 years-old) mixed forest, seeping flowers of Aralia hispida (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

In New Brunswick, Mordellistena picilabris was collected from flowers in a salt marsh, from grass, and by sweeping foliage and Aralia hispida in old fields. Adults were captured during May, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, NB, NS, PE ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Jackman 2006). Majka and Jackman (2006) reported this species as newly recorded for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in Table 1 of their list of species of the Maritime provinces but inadvertently included no supporting data for the New Brunswick record. Here, we include this record and additional records that establish the presence of this species for New Brunswick.