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The of Canada (): recent acquisitions chiefly in British Columbia and Yukon

J. A. GARLAND

1011 CARLING AVENUE, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA KI Y 4E7

ABSTRACT Chryso pidae collected sin ce 1980 chiefly in British Co lumbi a and Yuk on, Canada, and some late additi ons co ll ected before \980, are reported. :Vinela gravida (Banks) is reported for th e first time in th e last 90 years. This is th e first supplement to th e inventory of Chryso pid ae in Can ada.

Key words: Ne uroptera, Chryso pidae, Canada

INTRODUCTION The chrysopid faun a of Canada, as presentl y und erstood (Garland 1984, 1985), has been full y in ve ntori ed up to 1980 (Garl and 1982). Since then , newl y co ll ected specimens in British Columbia and th e Yukon, and some older-dated specimens not previously seen, have become availabl e. The purpose of publishing th ese spec imen label data is to suppl ement th e already extensive in ve ntory oflabel data on th e Ca nadi an chrysopid fauna, thereby ex tending it to the year 2000. Materi als an d meth ods appropri ate to thi s study have been doc um ented elsewhere (Garl and 2000). All specimens reported here are depos it ed in the Spence r Entomologica l Museum, Department of Zoo logy, University of Briti sh Co lumbi a. Ac ronyms used below: BC , British Co lumbia; SK, Sas katch ewan; and YK , Yukon Territory.

FAMILY CHRYSOPIDAE Schneider, 1851 SUBFAMILY CHRYSOPINAE Schneider, 1851 A total of 57 specimens belongin g to 10 recent speci es of Chrysopinae are report ed here, as follows: Cltrysopa chi Fitch BC: 1 'i', Gavin L[ake], 25.v. 1987 (R. Reich); 1 6, id , 3.vi. 1987 (R. Reich). coloradensis Banks BC: 16, Penticton, 23 .viii .1983 (R .J. Cannings ). Chrysopa nigricomis Burmeister BC: I 0, Galiano I[sland], Spani sh Hill s, 26.vi.1987 (G.G.E. Scudder); 1 6, Osoyoos, 15. vii. 1990 (G.G.E. Scudder); 4 06 , id, 16.v ii .1990 (G.G .E. Scudder); 1 6 , Osoyoos, East Bench, 30 .viii.1997 (G.G.E. Sc udder); 1 6 , Penticton, 23.vii i. 1983 (R.1 . Cannin gs) ; 1 o, Va nc[ou ve r], 4.6 [vi]. [1 9]25 , Pe rm anent Loan from Vanco uve r Ci ty Mu seum . Chrysopa oClilala Say YK: I

SK: I 0 , Regina, 18 .vi. 1943 (P. Larkin). Cltrysopa pleura/is Banks BC: I 0, Osoyoos, M[oun]t Kobau R[oa]d, km 17 .1, 1720 m, IDFdk I ,6VK:F/2DYd4/2RO, sweeping K3, 28.vii. 1997 (G.G.E. Scudder). Chrysoper/a caTllea (Stephens) BC: I 0, Alaska Hwy, km 670, Racing River, l .v iii .1982 (G.G.E. Scudder); I ~, Alaska Hwy, 32.1 krn E[ast of] Steamboat, l.viii.1982 (G.G.E. Scudder); I ~, Charlie L[ake], 25 km W[est], 5.viii.1982 (G.G.E. Scudder); 3 00, 10 ~~, F[or]t Nelson, 1367 [collected in alcohol], 2.viii.1982 (G.G.E. Scudder); I ~, Galiano I[sland], Spanish Hills, 26 .vi.1987 (G.G.E. Scudder); I ~,Na naimo , 7.v.1987 (G.G.E. Scudder); I 0, Sonora I[sland], Owen Bay, 26.vii.1986 (G.G .E. Scudder); I 0 , I ~ , W[est] Vancouver, 12.viii.[ 19]34 (G.H. Larnder), Permanent Loan from Vancouver City Museum ; 5 00, 2 <;' <;', Wood Creek, 2 km 'N[orth of] Toad River, 1361 [collected in alcohol], l .v iii .1982 (G.G.E. Sc udder). Meleoma doliclwrthra (Navas) BC: I 0 , Galiano I[sland], Spanish Hills, 26.vi. 1987 (G.G.E. Sc udder). Meleoma emullcta (Fitch) BC: I ~, Penticton, 23. viii.1983 (R.J . Cannings). Meleoma siglloretti Fitch BC: I ~ [left FW & abdomen mi ss ing], W[est] Vancouver, 12.viii .[19] 34 (G.H. Larnder), Permanent Loan from Vancouver City Museum. Nilleta gravida (Banks) BC: I 0, Gabriola Island, 19.vii.1999 (R.D. Kenner & G.S. Kenner).

DISCUSSION For all ten species, the provincial and territorial distributions reported here were already known (Garland 1982, 1985 ; cf Penny et af 1997). However, for some of the species, the present data include important new locality records, e.g., Chfysopa pleuralis in the South Okanagan just west ofOsoyoos; for carnea, all the specimens were ye llow-green, characteristic of summer generations of this in sect, which is thought to be bivoltine about the latitude of Whitehorse, Yukon and southward (Garland 1989); and, for gravida, the specimen reported here marks the first collecting record of the species for British Columbia in over 90 years, since 1908 in fact (Garl and 2000).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Dr. G. G. E. Scudder, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, kindly made the specimens mentioned here available for study.

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