Limnichites punctatus (LeConte, 1854)

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 279

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.573.7327

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DE650E3E-B589-4682-B925-A7D5439D07B1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/059C8CB9-51D9-8F79-9E51-551887A41A97

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scientific name

Limnichites punctatus (LeConte, 1854)
status

 

Limnichites punctatus (LeConte, 1854)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., " Bell Forest Nature Preserve", 46.2150°N, 67.7190°W, 20.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R.P. Webster // River margin, seepage area, on bare clay (1, RWC); same locality data, 24.VI.2005, J. Edsall & R. Webster // River margin, on firm moist clay near seepage area (7, RWC). York Co., trail to "Browns Mtn. Fen", 45.8964°N, 67.6273°W, 8.IX.2007, R.P. Webster // Mixed forest (near brook), sweeping roadside foliage (2, RWC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

Most adults of Limnichites punctatus were found along a river margin on moist bare clay near a seepage area. Specimens were collected after splashing the clay bank. The splashing caused them to move, making them easier to see on the dark substrate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Limnichidae

Genus

Limnichites