Xylechinus americanus Blackman, 1922

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 : 366-367

Xylechinus americanus Blackman, 1922 Map 57

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 31. V– 15.VI.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, Lindgren funnel traps (4, NBM, RWC). York Co., 15 km W of Tracy off Rt. 645, 45.6848°N, 66.8821°W, 1-6.VI.2009, R. Webster & M.-A. Giguère, old red pine forest, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC); 14 km WSW of Tracy, S of Rt. 645, 45.6741°N, 66.8661°W, 10-26.V.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 (3, AFC, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

Hosts include Picea spp. and Pinus spp. ( Wood 1982). Adults were captured during May and June in Lindgren funnel traps in an old-growth red pine forest, an old mixed forest, and an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest (boreal forest).

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS ( Bright 1976; McNamara 1991d).