Lixus terminalis LeConte, 1876, new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015

Note.

This species was reported to be associated with Polygonum amphibium L. (now Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre) ( Polygonaceae) more than a century ago (Beutenmuller 1893). We also found it to be common on this same species of plant in Oka.

Specimen data.

[MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, 4V1993, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); same except: 9V1993 (1, CRVI), 30V1995 (1, CRVI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, 26V2002, flowers of Prunus virginiana, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, La Grande Baie, 28V2002, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); same except: 4V2003 (1, CRVI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, Calvaire d’Oka, 15VII2007, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, 16VI2011, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); [MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, 1VIII2012 (16:00-17:00), swept from Polygonum sp., P. de Tonnancour & R. Vigneault (5, CPTO; 2, CRVI); same except: 19VIII2012 (17:00), swept from Polygonum amphibium, P. de Tonnancour (2, CMNC; 21, CPTO); same except: 26VIII2012 (17:00) (4, CPTO); same except: 18V2013 (15:00), beaten from Crataegus sp., P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO); same except: 25V2014, composting site, white tulle fabric flight interception trap, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI).