Symphora rugosa (Haldeman, 1848)

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 : 227-228

Symphora rugosa (Haldeman, 1848) Map 16

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 25.VI.2007, 5.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, floodplain forest, sweeping foliage (6, RWC). Charlotte Co., 10 km NW of New River Beach, 45.2110°N, 66.6170°W, 29. VI– 16.VII.2009, R. Webster & C. MacKay, old growth eastern white cedar forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 19.VII-5.VIII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest with green ash and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9030°N, 68.3503°W, 14-28.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth northern hardwood forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). Saint John Co., Dipper Harbour, 45.1154°N, 66.3725°W, 6.VII.2008, R. P. Webster, red spruce forest on outcrop, on red spruce foliage (beating foliage) (1, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 30.VI-13.VII.2010, R. Webster & K. Burgess, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was found in a floodplain forest with black ash and butternut, an old silver maple swamp, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, an old-growth eastern white cedar forest/swamp, a red spruce stand on a rock outcrop, and an old red pine forest. Adults were collected by sweeping foliage, beating red spruce foliage, and in Lindgren funnel traps. This species was collected during June, July, and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( LeSage 1991b).