Diplocheila striatopunctata (LeConte, 1844)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Queens Co.: Gagetown, 2.ix.1999, E. Estabrooks, apple orchard, (1, ACNS); Gagetown, 10.viii.1999, E. Estabrooks, apple orchard, (1, ACNS). NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Debert, no date or collector specified, (2, NSNR).

Newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Found on the margins of eutrophic marshes, ponds, lakes, pools, canals, rivers, brooks, swamps, and flood-plain forests; nocturnal; a good burrower and swimmer (Larochelle & Larivière 2003). One species of Diplocheila was observed eating snails (Ball & Bousquet 2000).