Phymatodes aereus (Newman, 1838) Map 3

Material examined.

Additional New Brunswick records. Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 27. V– 5.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009, 18-25. VI .2009, 25. VI– 1.VII.2009, 7-14.VIII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (37, AFC, RWC); same locality and forest type, 22-29.VI.2011, 29. VI– 7.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, AFC, NBM); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 31. V– 15.VI.2009, 15-29.VI.2009, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (10, AFC); same locality data and forest type, 29.VI-12.VII.2009, R. Webster, C. MacKay, M. Laity, & R. Johns, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 7-14.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Phymatodes aereus was captured in Lindgren funnel traps baited with racemic 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one deployed in an old red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) forest, an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forest, and in an old red pine forest with scattered hardwoods. Larvae of this uncommon species develop in dead Quercus (Lingafelter 2007). Adults in New Brunswick were captured during May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB (McNamara 1991; Majka et al. 2010). Majka et al. (2010) newly recorded this species from New Brunswick and the Maritime provinces, based on a specimen collected by Martin Turgeon in Saint-Basile, Madawaska Co. during 2003. This species is probably widespread in the province.