New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Cerambycidae

Webster, Reginald P.; Sweeney, Jon; DeMerchant, Ian; Silk, Peter J.; Mayo, Peter

doi:10.3897/zookeys.179.2601

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“…However, our trapping results also suggest that Anticosti Island might be a hot spot for N. upiformis in eastern North America. We caught 333 specimens on this large island, which is far more than any other report from other regions of Quebec (7 specimens from 5 locations; this study), Newfoundland (4 specimens; Smith and Hurley 2005), New Brunswick (17 specimens; 5 in Webster et al 2012; 4 as indicated by Webster pers. comm.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Strangely, most specimens (8 out of 12 for which collection dates were available) found in collections were collected after 15 July while nearly all specimens collected on Anticosti Island were collected before that date, even if it is a much cooler area. Moreover, all specimens reported from Newfoundland (Smith and Hurley 2005), New Brunswick (Webster et al 2012; Webster pers. comm.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The presence of N. upiformis has been reported in old-growth balsam fir and white spruce forests in protected areas of Newfoundland (Smith and Hurley 2005) and New Brunswick (Webster et al 2012). In our study, the only stands where N. upiformis was not found on Anticosti Island were a white spruce stand (Lac Anna in 1993) and a balsam fir stand (Lac Princeton in 1994) located in the western part of the island where logging activities took place between 1910 and 1931 (Unpublished Reports and Maps).…”

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“…We captured N. upiformis efficiently with 12-funnel Lindgren traps baited with high release rate lures of 95% ethanol and α-pinene, the same baits used by Smith and Hurley (2005) in Newfoundland and by Webster et al (2012) in New Brunswick. This trap and these lures are widely used in domestic surveys aimed at detecting exotic bark and woodboring beetles (Smith and Hurley 2005).…”

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“…Neospondylis upiformis is known as a common species in western North America, but it is rare in the east (Chemsak 1996) where its distribution was known to reach only the province of Quebec (McNamara 1991; Laplante et al 1991) until the mid-2000, when four adults were collected in Newfoundland (Smith and Hurley 2005), 17 in New Brunswick (Webster et al 2012; Webster pers. comm.…”

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Anticosti Island: a hot spot for Neospondylis upiformis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in eastern Canada?

Hébert

Laplante

Fréchette

et al. 2018

BDJ

439

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BackgroundDuring an inventory of insect diversity on Anticosti Island in 1993, we caught unprecedented numbers of Neospondylis upiformis (Mannerheim), a longhorned beetle rarely observed in eastern North America. All specimens were caught using 12-funnel Lindgren traps baited with 95% ethanol and α-pinene. This longhorned beetle was captured again in 2007 on Anticosti with the same traps. Other than that, seven specimens of N. upiformis were caught elsewhere in Quebec between 1993 and 2015. Only 14 specimens were found in the 45 most important insect collections of the province, the most recent specimen dating back to 1964.New informationAt least 90% of the captures came from old-growth balsam fir stands of the south-central part of the island. Seasonal flight activity ranged from early June to late July, but adult captures peaked in early July. Results suggest that Anticosti Island might be a hot spot for N. upiformis in eastern North America, particularly in its south-central part where old-growth balsam fir forests still exist.

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confidence: 68%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Anticosti Island: a hot spot for Neospondylis upiformis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in eastern Canada?

Hébert

Laplante

Fréchette

et al. 2018

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439

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Factors affecting catches of bark beetles and woodboring beetles in traps

Dodds,

Sweeney,

Francese

et al. 2024

J Pest Sci

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The use of semiochemical-baited traps for detection, monitoring, and sampling bark beetles and woodboring beetles (BBWB) has rapidly increased since the early 2000s. Semiochemical-baited survey traps are used in generic (broad community level) and specific (targeted toward a species or group) surveys to detect nonnative and potentially invasive BBWB, monitor established populations of invasive or damaging native species, and as a tool to survey natural communities for various purposes. Along with expansion in use, much research on ways to improve the efficacy of trapping surveys for the detection of specific pests as well as BBWB in general has been conducted. In this review, we provide information on intrinsic and extrinsic factors and how they influence the efficacy of detecting BBWB in traps. Intrinsic factors, such as trap type and color, and other factors are described, as well as important extrinsic factors such as habitat selection, horizontal and vertical placement, and disturbance. When developing surveys, consideration of these factors should increase the species richness and/or abundance of BBWB captured in traps and increase the probability of detecting nonnative species that may be present. During generic surveys, deploying more than one trap type or color, using an array of lures, and trapping at different vertical and horizontal positions is beneficial and can increase the number of species captured. Specific surveys generally rely on predetermined protocols that provide recommendations on trap type, color, lure, and trap placement.

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What do we know about the missing millions of Earth’s insect species and can we improve their collection: evidence from bark beetles?

Stork,

Boyle,

Wardhaugh

et al. 2024

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Only 20% of the estimated five million species of insects on Earth are named despite over 240 years of taxonomy. Yet insects are poorly represented in protected area assessments, and insect declines are of concern globally. Here we explore how to increase the discovery of new species and understanding of this group through analysis of 10,097 tropical rainforest bark beetles (Scolytinae) from eight different ecological studies using beetles between 2000 and 2018 in the Australian Wet Tropics. Of the 107 species identified, 58 are undescribed: an increase of 35% on the 166 species known from Australia. As hypothesised, new species are significantly smaller, less abundant and less widespread than described species making them more extinction prone than named species. Rarefaction indicates doubling sampling would increase the number of species by 17. Flight Interception Traps (FIT) collected 84% of individuals and 98% of species confirming the effectiveness of a single sampling method for some beetles. Increased locations and collection from the canopy may sample further species rather than additional collecting methods. Scolytines are relatively well studied with a cadre of taxonomists at the forefront of using modern methods to resolve formerly intractable groups. These new species are more likely to be named than others in many other beetle groups where taxonomy has largely stalled. To increase species description rates and to avoid most species becoming extinct before being named, we call on taxonomists to use new character systems provided by DNA methods and to look at working with Artificial Intelligence tools.

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New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Cerambycidae

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Anticosti Island: a hot spot for Neospondylis upiformis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in eastern Canada?

Anticosti Island: a hot spot for Neospondylis upiformis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in eastern Canada?

Factors affecting catches of bark beetles and woodboring beetles in traps

What do we know about the missing millions of Earth’s insect species and can we improve their collection: evidence from bark beetles?

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