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Earliest North American occurrence of Phyllotreta striolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Québec, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2015

Mélanie Rousseau  and
Laurent LeSage
Mélanie Rousseau*
Affiliation:
Centre interuniversitaire d’études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions, Université Laval. Pavillon Charles-De Koninck. 1030, avenue des Sciences-Humaines, Local 5173, Ville de Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Laurent LeSage
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, KlA 0C6, Canada
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

A pair of elytra of the striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was recovered from a sample of sediment dating before 1668 collected in Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada, making it the earliest recorded introduction of the species in North America. It is proposed that its transatlantic voyage took place on crucifers either voluntarily transported as foodstock and animal fodder or involuntarily as weeds.

Type
Behaviour & Ecology – NOTE
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 148 , Issue 4 , August 2016 , pp. 476 - 478
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2015 

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Footnotes

Subject editor: Christopher Buddle

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Deceased.

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