Gnorimella maculosa (Knoch, 1801)

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 27-40 : 31

Gnorimella maculosa (Knoch, 1801) Map 13

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 31.V-15.VI.2010, 15-29.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay., old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel traps (10, AFC, RWC); same locality data and forest type, 3-21.VI.2011, 21.VI-5.VII.2011, 5-19.VII.2011, R. Roy & V. Webster, Lindgren funnel traps (20, AFC, NBM, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Adults of Gnorimella maculosa are often found nectaring on flowers and frequent forested areas (See Majka 2010 for a list of plant species and associated references on which adults have been found). In New Brunswick, 30 individuals of Gnorimella maculosa were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old silver maple ( Acer saccharinum L.) swamp during June and July in 2010 and 2011.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( McNamara 1991; Majka 2010). Majka (2010) recorded this species for the first time from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces based on a specimen from Annapolis Co., Annapolis Royal, collected by Sheilagh Hunt and Christopher G. Majka.

Figures

Map 13. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Gnorimella maculosa.