Scaphium castanipes Kirby, 1837** Map 2

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co. Mount Carleton Provincial Park, Mount Sagamook, 625 m elev., 47.4112°N, 66.8599°W, 2.IX.2006, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, on decaying gilled mushroom (1, RWC); Dionne Brook P.N.A., 47.9064°N, 68.3441°W, 28.VII.2011, R. P. Webster, old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest, in gilled mushrooms (4, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

The larvae of this species feed on mushrooms (Ashe 1984). The New Brunswick specimens were collected from a decaying gilled mushroom on a mountain side (625 m elev.) and from gilled mushrooms in an old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forest. Adults were collected during June and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, YK, NT, BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, NB (Campbell 1991).