Meleoma dolicharthra, (Navas, 1914), (Navas), 1914

M ELEOMA DOLICHARTHRA ( Navás, 1914) View in CoL

Chrysopa dolicharthra Navás, 1914: 96 . Type: male; GUATEMALA: Capetillo; original designation; BMNH ( Kimmins 1940: 448–449).

Meleoma dolicharthra ( Navás, 1914) : Kimmins 1940: 448–449.

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Meleoma cavifrons: Toschi 1965: 402 .

Meleoma dolichartha [sic]: Tauber 1969: 35–37, 72.

Meleoma dolicharthra: Garland 1979: 745 ; 1982 [ 1984]: 80–83, 296, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 11–13, Map 2; 1984: 94; 1985a: 737– 751; Penny et al. 1994: 55; Garland 2000: 40.

Meleoma emuncta: Smith 1932: 583 [part].

CANADA: T = 18 (7♂, 11♀). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1♂, 1♀, Kaslo, 24.vi.[1903] 202 (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: April 30 (1931; Langley BC)–September 11 (1962; Victoria BC).

BC: T = 18 (7♂, 11♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, 1♀, Kaslo, 24.vi.[1903] (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. NEW RECORDS: 2♂, Victoria, at light, 19.viii.1961 (FIS No. 61-2487-44) [collector unknown; PFRC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: April 30 (1931; Langley)– September 11 (1962; Victoria). LOCALITIES: Galiano I [sland], Spanish Hills [48°56'N 123°27'W; SEM]. Kaslo [49°55'N 116°55'W; USNM]. Langley [49°06'N 122°39'W; SEM]. Pavilion Lake   GoogleMaps [50°52'N 121°44'W; CNC]. Penticton   GoogleMaps , 2800–3000 ft [853–914 m, vicinity of Carmi Road E of Penticton] [Penticton, 49°30'N 119°35'W; LEM]. Radium Hot Springs   GoogleMaps [50°37'N 116°04'W; CNC 203]. Seton   GoogleMaps Lake, Lillooet [50°41'N 122°07'W; CNC]. Sugar Lake [50°24'N 118°31'W; CNC]. U[niversity of] B[ritish] C[olumbia] Forest n[ea]r Haney, 1100 ft [335 m], Garibaldi P[ar]k [Garibaldi Park, 50°00'N 122°45'W; CNC]. Victoria [48°26'N 123°22'W; CNC 204, PFRC].

Meleoma dolicharthra occurs in Canada, in British Columbia, both coastal and interior. All Canadian localities reported in literature have been authenticated. The record from Seton Lake, discussed by Smith (1932: 583, as Meleoma emuncta ), follows:

“There is a female specimen in the Canadian National collection, collected by J. McDunnough at Seton Lake, B.C., May 28, 1926, which may be a new variety of emuncta . It has the general characters of emuncta , but the pronotum is margined by two broad, brown bands similar to gravida . There is an extra black mark from the base of the antennae along the lateral borders of the clypeus.”

Smith recognised the novelty of this specimen, but not its true identity; credit for that belongs to Tauber (1969: 36, as Meleoma dolichartha [sic]: Seton Lake, Lillooet, ♀, V-28-26 (J. McDunnough, CNC)). All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982, 2000), or as new records (above). Based on label data, adults have been taken at light, and at a window (probably attracted to light). Also from label data, adults have been reared from larvae found on: PINUS MONTICOLA : Sugar Lake BC [FIS 1943, BC-4054C; CNC]. PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII : Radium Hot Springs BC [FIS 1950, A-2353A, as D[ouglas] Fir; CNC]. Biology and immature stages of this species have been studied in California ( Toschi 1965, as Meleoma cavifrons ); Tauber (1969) also included biological information in the context of adult variation.