Eustrophus tomentosus Say, 1826

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 215-242 : 225

Eustrophus tomentosus Say, 1826 Map 13

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 4-12.VI.2008, 5-12.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 3.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, oak and maple forest, under bark of dead red oak (1, RWC); Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 26.VII-7.VIII.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co., Canterbury, near Browns Mountain Fen, 45.8876°N, 67.6560°W, 3.VIII.2006, R. P. Webster, mature hardwood forest, on partially dried Pleurotus species on dead standing sugar maple (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was found in hardwood forests in New Brunswick. These included a mature hardwood forests with American beech and sugar maple, a red oak and red maple forest, and a silver maple forest/swamp. Adults were found under bark of red oak, and in a partially dried Pleurotus mushroom on a dead, standing sugar maple, A few adults were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. This species has been reported from under bark of dead trees and is attracted to sap ( Chantal 1985). Adults were collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b; Majka and Pollock 2006).