Coelocephalapion emaciipes (Fall, 1898), new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2016

Note.

The occurrence of this small native pale-legged species in the province was expected as it was previously known in Canada from Ontario and the Maritime Provinces. Although this species has been tentatively associated with tick-trefoil, Desmodium Desv. sp. ( Fabaceae), based on the very few available data at the time (Bright 1993), it is worth noting that most of the specimens caught in 2016 were found in association with Scirpus L. spp. ( Cyperaceae) in wet habitats.

Specimen data.

[MRC Marguerite-D’Youville] Varennes, 30VI2014, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); same except: 15V2015 (1, CCCH); MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, 11V2016 (13:00), swept from Scirpus atrovirens (1, CPTO); same except: 14V2016 (15:00) (1, CPTO); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, 19V2016, swept from herbs in field (2, CRVI); MRC Brome-Missisquoi, SaintArmand, 25V2016 (15:00), swept from Scirpus sp. (2, CPTO).