Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856

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 : 222

Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856 Map 7

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 18-31.VIII.2011, C. Hughes & R. P. Webster, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.7762°N, 66.1271°W, 18.VIII.2010, R. P. Webster, pine/spruce slope above Jacquet River, in decaying mushrooms (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

Majka (2010) reported Litargus tetraspilotus from deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, seashores, coastal and sandy pine barrens, and old fields and grasslands in Nova Scotia. Adults were collected from foliage of a variety of coniferous and deciduous tree species, herbaceous vegetation and rotting mushrooms. In New Brunswick, one adult was collected from a decaying mushroom in a conifer forest with white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) and spruce, another in a Lindgren funnel trap deployed in an old red oak forest. Although this species appears to be common and widespread in the lower mainland of Nova Scotia ( Majka 2010), it was found at only two localities (one specimen at each locality) in New Brunswick. Adults were captured during August in New Brunswick.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1991; Majka 2010).