Corresponding author: Reginald P. Webster (
Academic editor: J. Klimaszewski
This paper presents 27 new records of
Webster RP, Anderson RS, Webster VL, Alderson CA, Hughes CC, Sweeney JD (2016) New Curculionoidea records from New Brunswick, Canada with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia. In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: Providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 367–386. doi:
The
A description of the habitat was recorded for all specimens collected during this survey. Locality and habitat data are presented as on labels for each record. Two labels were used on many specimens, one that included the locality, collection date, and collector, and one with macro- and microhabitat data and collection method. Information from the two labels is separated by a // in the data presented from each specimen.
Alaska
Manitoba
Yukon Territory
Ontario
Northwest Territories
Quebec
Nunavut
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland and Labrador*
*Newfoundland and Labrador are each treated separately under the current Distribution in Canada and Alaska.
USA state abbreviations follow those of the US Postal Service. Acronyms of collections examined or where specimens reside referred to in this study are as follows:
Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Reginald P. Webster Collection, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada
We newly report on 28 species of
Species with a † are adventive to Canada. The determination that a species was a new record is based on information in the print version of
All specimens of this species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood and mixed forests. Eleven of the 15 individuals were captured in the canopy of trees.
All specimens of
Specimen labels as “in gall on goldenrod” are the only indications of plant associations for this species (
This species is associated with galls on
In the western areas of its range,
Specimens reported by
Many (21) specimens of
This species was introduced into North America for the control of yellow and Dalmatian toadflax,
All (20) specimens of
All specimens of this species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. The species is associated with wild grape,
This species is associated with
All specimens of this adventive species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. In Europe, this species has been associated with
In
The names for these two species of
All individuals of
All 16 specimens of
This adventive Palaearctic species is widespread in
All specimens of this species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps. This species was found in an old black spruce (
Most (13 of the 15 specimens) were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the canopy of
Most (42 of 54) specimens of
The adventive
We thank Caroline Simpson for editing this manuscript and Benoit Godin for reviewing it. Donald Bright, Jr. is thanked for determining