Charaphloeus undescribed species (near adustus) Map 5

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1890°N, 67.6766°W, 8.VI.2008, R. P. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, floodplain forest, on flowers of Prunus virginiana (2, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 17-31.V.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 10-31.V.2010, 31.V-15.VI..2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC); Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 13-25.V.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Sunbury Co., Acadia Research Forest, 45.9866°N, 66.3841°W, 24-30.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature (110 year-old) red spruce forest with scattered red maple and balsam fir, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 4-11.V.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 2.V.2010, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, in flight during warm (20°C) evening, 16:30-20:00 h (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Most adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in a silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) forest, an old-growth eastern white cedar forest, a red spruce forest, an old red pine forest, and a mixed forest. A few adults were co llected from flowers of Prunus virginiana L. in a floodplain forest, and one was collected with an aerial net during an evening flight. Adults were collected during May and June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

NB, NS (Majka 2008). This undescribed species [see key in Downie and Arnett (1996: 1001) on how to separate from related species] was newly recorded from Canada by Majka (2008) from a specimen collected in Debert, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia.