Sepedon praemiosa, Giglio-Tos, 1893: 8

praemiosa Giglio-Tos, 1893: 8 View in CoL

HT: ♂ Mexico, Morelia. MIZT, Box No. 28, unnumbered [no record of subsequent holotype examination]

TOPOTYPES: 1♂ 2♀ Mexico, Michoacán, 8 mi e. Morelia, 1.V.1953, R.C. Bechtel & E.I. Schlinger (1♂ EMEC, 1♂ 1♀ USNM) [Fisher & Orth 1972a: 11]

DIST: MEXICO (Central highlands south to Oaxaca. Durango: Durango; Jalisco; Michoacán; Oaxaca: Oaxaca; Puebla: Cholula). Also UNITED STATES (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington). Map: Neff & Berg 1966 (in part); Fisher & Orth 1972a

FIGS: Steyskal 1951 (♂ terminalia, ♂ hind femur and tibia), Fisher & Orth 1972a (♂ terminalia, ♂ genitalia), this paper (dorsal head, mid and hind femora)

BIOL: Neff & Berg (1966) described the biology of “ Sepedon praemiosa ” from laboratory rearings initiated with individuals from Oaxaca, Mexico; Cypress Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Riverside, California. Fisher & Orth (1972a), in their resurrection of Sepedon pacifica from synonymy, redescription of S. praemiosa , and analysis of distribution records and specimens, considered that the rearings initiated with individuals from Mexico were S. praemiosa and that those from Cypress Lake and Riverside were S. pacifica . They noted that Neff & Berg (1966) did not indicate any biological or morphological differences between immatures from the three localities. BG 11; PG 2

HOSTS/PREY OF LARVAE: Biomphalaria glabrata , Helisoma trivolvis , and Physa sp.

IMMATS: Neff & Berg 1966 (E, L1–L3, P, but not known whether from S. pacifica or S. praemiosa ). Neff & Berg (1966) described all immature stages of “ Sepedon praemiosa ” from specimens from laboratory rearings initiated with individuals from Oaxaca, Mexico and Cypress Lake, Canada. As noted above, Fisher & Orth (1972a) considered the Mexican material to be S. praemiosa and the Canadian material to be S. pacifica .

MOL_DAT: Y

Note: Steyskal (1951) placed S. pacifica in synonymy with S. praemiosa Giglio-Tos. Fisher & Orth (1972a) removed S. pacifica from that synonymy.