NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 21.vii.1901, W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 38 specimens examined from Colchester, Halifax, Lunenburg, Digby, and Kings counties (Table 1). The earliest record is from 1958 (Digby Co.: Bear River, 15.vii.1958, A.S. Riley, (3), ACNS). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, xii.1954, F.M. Cannon, ACPE; Charlottetown, 30.vii.1982, L.S. Thompson, (3), ACPE.
An introduced, Palearctic species newly recorded in New Brunswick and on Prince Edward Island (Fig. 10). Recorded from scattered states in the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida and Texas (White 1982, Downie & Arnett 1996); in Canada known from Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (McNamara 1991c). Associated with pines (Pinus spp.); as a pest of wood products it is considered of minor importance (Peters et al. 1996).