Anisodactylus caenus (Say, 1823)

Pentinsaari, Mikko, Anderson, Robert, Borowiec, Lech, Bouchard, Patrice, Brunke, Adam, Douglas, Hume, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2019, DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera), ZooKeys 894, pp. 53-150 : 53

Anisodactylus caenus (Say, 1823)

Distribution.

Native to the Nearctic region. Widespread in the United States, recorded from all states bordering southern Ontario ( Bousquet 2012).

Canadian records.

Ontario: Point Pelee National Park, 08-Jun-2000 (1 ex, CNC).

Diagnostic information.

See Lindroth (1968) or Bousquet (2010).

Bionomic notes.

This species occurs in deciduous forests on moist soil ( Larochelle and Lariviere 2003). The Canadian specimen was caught with a UV light trap on a forest trail in Point Pelee National Park.

Comments.

As only a single specimen was captured, it is uncertain whether this species is truly established in Canada.