Magdalis hispoides LeConte, 1876**

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 364

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2626

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B129AB1-7EE8-669F-5336-D720EA1676A9

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scientific name

Magdalis hispoides LeConte, 1876**
status

 

Magdalis hispoides LeConte, 1876** Map 46

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Lindsay, 4.VII.1963, B. Denny, ex. balsam fir, beating, F.I.S. 63 –0860– 04 (1, AFC). Queens Co., Cherryvale, 15.VI.1964, D. R. Edling, conifer forest, ex. red spruce, beating, F.I.S., 64 –0529– 07 (1, AFC). Victoria Co., Hazeldean, 17.VI.1963, (no collector given), ex. trembling aspen, beating, F.I.S., 63 –0544– 02 (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

Magdalis hispoides adults have been observed feeding on needles of Pinus strobus ( Plumb 1950). In New Brunswick, adults were beaten from foliage of balsam fir, red spruce, and trembling aspen during June and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

YK, BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NF ( McNamara 1991c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Magdalis