Rhizophagus remotus LeConte, 1866

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Sphindidae, Erotylidae, Monotomidae, and Cryptophagidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 169-192 : 179-180

Rhizophagus remotus LeConte, 1866 Map 11

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Richmond, near Hovey Hill P.N.A., 46.1155°N, 67.7631°W 24.V.2005, R. P. Webster, clear-cut (hardwood forest), under bark of Populus sp. (6, NBM, RWC); Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2200°N, 67.7231°W, 23-28.IV.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, mature hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N.A, 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 5-11.VI.2009, 25.VI-1.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red oak forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8331°N, 66.7410°W, 29.V.2007, R. P. Webster, mature red spruce forest, under bark of Populus sp. (7, NBM, RWC); same locality, forest type and collector, 1.IV.2007, under bark of stump sticking out of snow (1, NBM); Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 23.IV.2008, R. P. Webster, mixed forest opening, in flight between 15:00 and 18:00 h (1, RWC); 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 1-8.VI.2009, 15-21.VI.2009, 14-20.VII.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel traps (3, AFC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 26.IV-10.V.2010, 26.V-2.VI.2010, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old mixed forest with red and white spruce, red and white pine, balsam fir, eastern white cedar, red maple, and Populus sp., Lindgren funnel traps (2, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species has been reported under bark of pine and various Populus species, but most commonly from under bark of Populus tremuloides Michx. ( Bousquet 1990). Adults in New Brunswick were taken from under bark of Populus tremuloides and under bark of a Populus stump sticking out of snow in early April, and were collected with an aerial net during an evening flight. Other individuals were captured in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in a mature hardwood forest, an old red oak forest, an old red pine forest, and in an old mixed forest. Adults were captured during April, May, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bousquet 1990).

Figures

Map 11. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Rhizophagus remotus.