Olibrus semistriatus LeConte 1856
Creators: name: Majka, Christopher
name: Gimmel, Matthew
name: Langor, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Phalacridae
Olibrus
Olibrus semistriatus

description: <i>Olibrus semistriatus</i> LeConte, 1856 <b>NEW BRUNSWICK: Albert Co.</b>: Albert Mines, 9.VII.2002, C.G. Majka, old field, (2, CGMC); Caledonia Mountain, 1965-1971, C.G. Majka, old field, (1, CGMC); Crooked Creek, 22.VIII.2003, C.G. Majka, floodplain, (1, CGMC); Mary’s Point, 21.VIII.2003, 23.VIII.2003, 12.VIII.2004, C.G. Majka, seashore, (10, CGMC); <b>Charlotte Co.:</b> Deer Island, 9.V.1983, M.E.M. Smith, (7, ACPE); <b>Westmorland Co.:</b> Moncton, 15.IX.1978, A. Chenard, (1, UMNB). <b>NEWFOUNDLAND:</b> Stephenville, 14.VIII.1985, D. Larson, (1, MUN). <b>NOVA SCOTIA:</b> 171 specimens examined from Annapolis, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Halifax, Inverness, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Shelburne, Victoria, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest records are from 1945 [<b>Halifax Co.:</b> St. Margaret’s Bay, 9.VIII.1945, 18.VIII.1945, D.C. Ferguson, (10, NSMC); <b>Kings Co.:</b> Grand Pre, 12.VIII.1945, D.C. Ferguson, (1, NSMC); Greenwich, 12.VIII.1945, D.C. Ferguson, (1, NSMC)]. <b>PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings Co.:</b> Launching, 26.VIII.2003, C.G. Majka, salt marsh on <i>Solidago sempervirens</i> L., (2, CGMC); Woodville Mills, 16.VIII.2002, C.G. Majka, shore of small pond, (4, CGMC); <b>Prince Co.:</b> Indian River, 4.IX.2001, C.G. Majka, coastal marsh, (6, CGMC); Lower Darnley, 25.VIII.2003, C.G. Majka, coastal dunes, (4, CGMC); Malpaque, 25.VIII.2003, C.G. Majka, coastal dunes, (1, CGMC); Summerside, 4.IX.2001, C.G. Majka, wet meadow, (6, CGMC); <b>Queens Co.:</b> Cavendish, 19.VII.2001, C.G. Majka, sea coast, (1, CGMC); Harrington, 19.VIII.1993, M.E.M. Smith, potato field, (1, ACPE); Millvale, 17.VIII.2002, 15.VIII.2004, 25.VI.2003, C.G. Majka, along river, (8, CGMC); New London Bay, 3.IX.2001, C.G. Majka, seashore on <i>Solidago sempervirens</i> L., (4, CGMC); North Rustico, 17.VIII.2002, C.G. Majka, coastal lagoon, (3, CGMC); Pinette, 24.VI.2003, C.G. Majka, seashore, (1, CGMC); Toronto, 19.VIII.2002, C.G. Majka, old field, (1, CGMC); Wood Islands, 23.VII.2001, 6.IX.2001, 20.VIII.2002, 29.VIII.2003, C.G. Majka, seashore, (8, CGMC). <i>Olibrus semistriatus</i> is newly recorded in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (Figs. 1, 2). Th e species has previously been recorded from New Hampshire south to Pennsylvania and west through Ontario, Indiana, and Kansas to Manitoba, Colorado and Arizona (LeConte 1856; Gibson 1917; Campbell 1991; Downie and Arnett 1996; Chandler 2001; Goertz 2006). The larvae of <i>Olibrus</i> species live in the flower heads of species of Asteraceae in genera such as <i>Ageratina</i>, <i>Aster, Bidens, Cirsium, Chrysopsis, Eupatorium, Solidago</i>, and <i>Vernonia,</i> and the pollen-feeding adults are often abundant on these plants (Lawrence 1991; Steiner 2002). In Nova Scotia specimens have been collected on <i>Achillea millefolium</i> L., <i>Aster novi-belgii</i> L., <i>Solidago canadensis</i> L., and <i>Solidago rugosa</i> Ait. (Asteraceae). Adults have also occasionally been found on other flowers such as <i>Verbascum thapsus</i> L. (Scrophulariaceae) and <i>Rosa rugosa</i> Thunb. (Rosaceae). In New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island soecimens have frequently been collected in coastal localities where they are abundant on <i>Solidago sempervirens</i> L.
description: Published as part of <i>Majka, Christopher, Gimmel, Matthew &amp; Langor, David, 2008, The Phalacridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of Canada: new records, distribution, and bionomics with a particular focus on the Atlantic Canadian fauna, pp. 209-220 in ZooKeys 2 (2)</i> on pages 213-214, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.16, http://zenodo.org/record/576403
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