Tychius liljebladi Blatchley, 1916

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 24-25

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667

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scientific name

Tychius liljebladi Blatchley, 1916
status

new to Quebec

Tychius liljebladi Blatchley, 1916 new to Quebec

Note.

This widespread western and central native North American species is associated with Astragalus spp. ( Fabaceae ); larvae are in reproductive structures ( Anderson 2002). In Canada the species was known from Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan ( McNamara 1991); these Quebec records are a significant eastward range extension.

Specimen data.

Quebec: Gatineau, Aylmer, 18.vii.2004, 22.vii.2004, 28.vi.2005, 8.vii.2005, 9.vii.2011, on flowers of Astragalus canadensis , S. Laplante (25, CSLA, 10, CNCI, 2 CMNC); Gatineau, Aylmer, 28.vi.2005, F. Génier (8, CMNC); Gatineau, Aylmer, Queen’s Park, 9.vii.2011, beaten from Astragalus canadensis , P. de Tonnancour (26, CPTO).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Tychius