Choragus sayi LeConte, 1876, new data supporting first record for Quebec

Tonnancour, Pierre de, Anderson, Robert S., Bouchard, Patrice, Chantal, Claude, Dumont, Stephane & Vigneault, Robert, 2017, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada, ZooKeys 681, pp. 95-117 : 96

Choragus sayi LeConte, 1876, new data supporting first record for Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015 and 2016

Note.

Bousquet et al. (2013) recorded this species from Quebec without any further comment, possibly on the basis of a vague record ("Quebec to Georgia west to Indiana and Texas") by Valentine (1998). This small species is strongly saltatorial and can be difficult to catch in hot weather. We provide, for the first time, data on the occurrence of this species in the province.

Specimen data.

[ Agglomération de Longueuil] Longueuil, 18VII1992, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); [MRC Marguerite-d’Youville] Varennes, 16VII1999, attracted to UV light, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); same except: 29VI2006 (1, CCCH); [MRC Brome-Missisquoi] Saint-Armand, 2VIII2007, understory, on foliage, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); [MRC Marguerite-D’Youville] Île Sainte-Thérèse, 1IX2009, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, La Grande Baie, 19VII2014, beaten from dead branches over forest litter, R. Vigneault (3, CRVI); [MRC Coaticook] Compton, 25VIII2014, C. Levesque (1, CNCI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, La Grande Baie, 27VI2015, beaten from dead branches over forest litter, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); same except: 30VI2015 (16:00), P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO); same except: 2VII2015, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); same except: 5VII2015 (16:00), beaten from dead branches of Acer saccharum , P. de Tonnancour & R. Vigneault (1, CMNC; 4, CPTO; 6, CRVI); same except: 9VII2015, R. Vigneault (2, CRVI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, Calvaire, 25VI2016, beaten from dead branches over forest litter, R. Vigneault (3, CRVI); same except: 1VII2016 (19, CRVI); same except: La Grande Baie, 6VII2016, beaten from dead branches of Acer saccharum , R. Vigneault (11, CPTO); same except: La Grande Baie, 6VII2016, beaten from dead branches over forest litter, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI), 12VII2016 (1, CRVI), and 1VIII2016 (1, CRVI).