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

Abstract We report 63 species of Curculionoidea that are new to New Brunswick (three species of Anthribidae, four species of Brentidae, three species of Dryophthoridae, three species of Brachyceridae, 50 species of Curculionidae). Among these are 27 species (two Anthribidae, two Brenthidae, one Brachyceridae, 22 Curculionidae) that are also newly recorded for the Maritime provinces, and one species, Plesiobaris disjuncta Casey (Curculionidae) that is newly recorded for Canada from New Brunswick and Quebec. Bagous planatus LeConte is reinstated to the faunal list of New Brunswick. Two species of Curculionidae are newly recorded from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces, and two others are reported for the first time for Prince Edward Island.


Introduction
The Curculioniodea, or weevils, occurring in New Brunswick include the families Nemonychidae (the pine flower snout beetles), Anthribidae (the fungus weevils), Attelabidae (the leaf-rolling weevils), Brentidae (the straight-snouted weevils and pear-shaped weevils), and the Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, previously, all considered members of the Curculionidae (weevils or snout beetles and bark beetles) by Anderson (2002). The classification used here follows the synthesis of Bouchard et al. (2011), based on changes proposed by Thompson (1992), Kuschel (1995), Lawrence and Newton (1995), and Alonso- Zarazaga and Lyal (1999). The weevils of New Brunswick were reviewed by Majka et al. (2007b). They reported 77 new species records for the province, increasing the weevil fauna to 206 species. Three of these species, Trichapion nigrum (Herbst), Ceutorhynchus semirufus LeConte, and Listronotus laramienis (Angell), were recorded for the first time from Canada. Bagous planatus LeConte, Plocamus hispidulus LeConte, and Dryocoetes granicollis (LeConte) were removed from the faunal list of New Brunswick due to a lack of supporting voucher specimens or other published records (Majka et al. 2007b). More recently the brentid, Arrenodes minutus (Drury) was reported from New Brunswick by Majka et al. (2008). Other Curculionoidea from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island were reported by Bright and Bouchard (2008), Majka (2010b), and Klimaszewski et al. (2010). Here, we report 63 species of Curculionoidea that are new to New Brunswick, two species new from Nova Scotia and two species new for Prince Edward Island.

Methods and conventions
The following records are based in part on specimens collected as part of a general survey by the first author to document the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick. A description of the habitat was recorded for all specimens collected during this survey and was included on specimen labels. This information is included with each record and summarized in the collection and habitat data section for each species.

Collection methods
Various collection methods were employed to collect the specimens reported in this study. Details are outlined in Webster et al. (2009, Appendix). Some specimens were collected from Lindgren funnel trap samples during a study to develop a general attractant to detect invasive species of Cerambycidae. These traps visually mimic tree trunks and are often effective for sampling species of Coleoptera that live in microhabitats associated with standing trees (Lindgren 1983). See Webster et al. (in press) for details of the methods used to deploy Lindgren 12-funnel traps and for sample collection. New

Species accounts
All records below are species newly recorded for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island, Canada, unless noted otherwise (additional records). Species followed by ** are newly recorded from the Maritime provinces; species followed by *** are newly recorded for Canada. Collection and habitat data. This species was captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps in an old-growth eastern white cedar forest, an old red oak (Quercus rubra L.) forest, and an old silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) forest.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. QC, NB (Valentine 1998 (1,RWC). Collection and habitat data. This species is associated with tick-trefoil (Desmodium spp. ) (Bright 1993). The specimen from New Brunswick was captured between late May and early June in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old red pine forest.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, NB, NS, PE (McNamara 1991b;Majka et al. 2007a;Majka 2010a). This species was newly recorded from Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces by Majka et al. (2007a). Collection and habitat data. This species is associated with Pinus spp., and larvae occur in galls on twigs (Anderson and Kissinger 2002). In New Brunswick, adults were captured during July and August in Lindgren funnel traps deployed in an old red pine forest and an old mixed forest with red pine. One specimen was reared from red pine.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, QC, NB (McNamara 1991b). Collection and habitat data. Sphenophorus parvulus (the bluegrass billbug) feeds on Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L. and other grasses, and is an important turf pest in the United States (Vaurie 1951;Tashiro and Personius 1970;Kindler and Kinbacher 1975;Kindler and Spomer 1986). The specimen from New Brunswick was found on the side of a residential street during July. Collection and habitat data. Majka et al. (2007b) reported this species from coastal salt-spray barrens in Nova Scotia. This species feeds on grasses (Poaceae) such as Poa pratensis L., Phleum pratense L., and Zea mays (L.) (Vaurie 1951 Collection and habitat data. This species is associated with Lemna spp. (Lemnaceae) (Anderson 2002). Most of the specimens from New Brunswick were found on Lemna sp. floating on water near the margin of a beaver pond during May. One individual was sifted from litter in the crotch of a silver maple with multiple trunks during mid April (probably an overwintering site) and another was captured during July in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old silver maple swamp.  (1,RWC).

Distribution in Canada and
Collection and habitat data. Anthonomus haematopus is associated with galls on Salix spp. generated by sawflies (Ahmad and Burke 1972). Adults from New Brunswick were collected in an old field, along a river margin, and in a brushy opening in a regenerating mixed forest. One specimen was on Salix foliage, another was reared from Salix. Adults were collected during May and June. Collection and habitat data. This species has been collected from Viburnum dentatum L. (Ahmad and Burke 1972). In New Brunswick, this species was common on flowers of meadow-sweet (Spiraea alba Du Roi) at two localities. Adults were collected during July and August.  1958, 6.V.1958, 7.V.1958, 9.V.1958, 12.V.1958  Material examined. New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., Acadia Station, emerged 5.V.1958, 6.V.1958, 7.V.1958, 9.V.1958, 12.V.1958, (no (1,RWC).

Distribution in Canada and
Collection and habitat data. O'Brien (1970) reported Salix as the host of this species. The specimen from New Brunswick was captured during July in a Lindgren funnel trap in the canopy of a red oak in an old red oak forest. Salix was present nearby along a roadside through the red oak stand.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. AK, YK, NT, BC, AB, SK, QC, NB, NS (McNamara 1991c). Collection and habitat data. Larvae of this species feed in seed capsules of Lobelia (Campanulaceae) (Anderson 1973

Bagous americanus LeConte, 1876
The specimen of Bagous americanus reported in Majka et al. (2007b)  Collection and habitat data. The invasive C. obstrictus (cabbage seedpod weevil) is a serious pest of canola (Brassica napus L.) and oilseed rape (Brassica rapa L.) in North America (Cárcamo et al. 2001;Brodeur et al. 2001;Dosdall et al. 2002;Dosdall et al. 2006). In New Brunswick, adults were found on wild mustard on a river margin and swept from foliage on the inland margin of a salt marsh. Adults were collected during June.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, NB (McLeod 1962;Butts and Byers 1996;Brodeur et al. 2001;Dosdall et al. 2002;Mason et al. 2003). The species was first reported (as Ceutorhynchus assimilis Paykull) in North America from the the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada in 1931 (McLeod 1962) and had become well established in Quebec by 2000 (Brodeur et al. 2001 (1,RWC).
Collection and habitat data. This species was reported from Ips galleries in Pinus, and emerged indoors from an Acer saccharinum branch (O'Brien 1997). In New Brunswick, H. errans was captured in June, July, and August in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red pine forest, a red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forest, and an old mixed forest.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. QC, NB, NS (McNamara 1991c). Collection and habitat data. Adults were captured during June, July, and August in Lindgren funnel traps in a hardwood forest, an eastern white cedar forest, an old red oak forest, an old silver maple forest, an old-growth red pine forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old mixed forest. This species is associated with hardwood trees such as wild cherry (Prunus sp.), ash, and white oak (O'Brien 1997). Collection and habitat data. O'Brien (1997) reported Populus as a host of Phloeophagus canadensis. The New Brunswick adults were captured during June and July in Lindgren funnel traps in a hardwood forest, an old mixed forest, an old red oak forest, an old-growth northern hardwood forest, and an old silver maple forest. Populus was present at all the sites where this species was captured. Collection and habitat data. O'Brien (1997) reported this species as occurring in decaying trunks of various hardwood species such as birch (Betula sp.), willow (Salix sp.), and elm, and on dead twigs. The specimens from New Brunswick were captured during July in Lindgren funnel traps in a silver maple swamp.

Distribution in Canada and
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, QC, NB (McNamara 1991c).

Subfamily Cyclominae Schönherr, 1826 Tribe Listroderini LeConte, 1876
Listronotus deceptus (Blatchley, 1916 Collection and habitat data. This species, known as the carrot weevil or parsley weevil, is associated with various species of Apiaceae, Plantago spp., and Rumex spp. (O'Brien 1997;Torres and Hoy 2002). In New Brunswick, one adult was beaten from balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) (probably incidental), another on mud along a stream margin in a beaver meadow, and one adult was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old silver maple swamp. Adults were collected during April, June, and July.
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS (McNamara 1991c;Majka et al. 2007c (Anderson 2002). In New Brunswick, adults were collected in June from flowers of Crataegus along a river margin and beating foliage of Amelanchier near a lakeshore.  Welsford, 25.V.1962(pupal collection date), emerged 28.V.1962, 29.V.1962, 29.V.1962, 4.VI.1962, 6.VI.1962, 14.VI.1962, 19.VI.1962  Collection and habitat data. Magdalis perforata breeds in dead and dying branches of pines (Martin 1964 Collection and habitat data. Most adults of this adventive species were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in an old red pine and old mixed forest with red pine. One adult was collected from under bark on the underside of a red pine log. Adults were captured in April, May, and June. Bright and Skidmore (1997) reported various species of Pinus and Larix as hosts for this Palaearctic species where it breeds in stumps and roots of dead and dying trees (Hoebeke 1994).

Distribution in Canada and
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. ON, QC, NB (Bright and Skidmore 1997). Collection and habitat data. This species was captured during June in Lindgren funnel traps in an old-growth northern hardwood forest and an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest. Hosts in eastern Canada include P. glauca and other Picea spp. (Wood and Bright 1992).
Distribution in Canada and Alaska. SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS (Bright 1976; Collection and habitat data. Hosts of this species include Fagus grandifolia, P. tremuloides, and Quercus spp. (Bright 1976;Wood 1982 (1,RWC). Queens Co., Cranberry Lake P.N. A., 46.1125°N, 65.6075°W, 12-21.V.2009, 5-11.VI.2009, 11-18.VI.2009 Collection and habitat data. Bright (1976) noted that this adventive species attacks large, dying, deciduous trees and also Pinus and Tsuga spp. In New Brunswick, all adults were captured during May and June in Lindgren funnel traps in hardwood forests, an old red oak forest, a red spruce forest, and an old red pine forest.