MELEOMA EMUNCTA (Fitch, 1855)

Chrysopa emuncta Fitch, 1855: 792; 1856: 88. Type: female (Banks 1924: 432); USA: New York [State]; original designation; MCZ (Penny et al. 1997: 55).

Meleoma emuncta (Fitch, 1855): Banks 1924. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 65: 432.

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Chrysopa cockerelli: Smith 1932: 597; Spencer 1942: 27; Bickley and MacLeod 1956: 195 [part]; Brown and Clark 1956: 682.

Chrysopa plorabunda: Provancher 1869: 140; 1871a: 142; 1871b: 269; 1877a: 121; 1877b: 203, 205; Brodie and White 1883.

Meleoma emuncta: Putman 1932b: 121, 123; Smith 1932: 583, 599; Putman 1937: 36–37; Spencer 1942: 26; Garlick 1955: 326, 329; Bickley and MacLeod 1956: 185; Tjeder 1960: 148; Grobler 1962: 40; Tauber 1969: 22–27, 69; Throne 1971: 68; Garland 1979: 745; 1982 [1984]: 90–102, 300–306, 411, Figs. 1, 7–13, Map 4; 1984: 94; 1985a: 737–751, 757, 758; Penny et al. 1997: 55; Garland 2000: 40.

Meleoma slossonae: Banks 1903: 157–162, pl. II; Fyles 1903: 29.

Meleoma verticalis: Banks 1908: 259–260; Gibson 1910: 127; Smith 1932: 583–584; Spencer 1942: 27; Bickley and MacLeod 1956: 185–186.

Pseudomallada perfectus: Penny et al. 1997: 57 (part).

CANADA: T = 305 (77♂, 227♀, 1?). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1♀, Kaslo, 8.vii.[1903] (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 10 (1916; Victoria BC)–November 4 (1972; Sherbrooke QC).

AB: T = 2 (♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, Wabamun, 20.viii.1954 (B. Hardy) / (ex B.A. Hardy Coll[ectio]n, SEM 2000) [SEM]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, Edmonton, Picea glauca, 19.vii.[19]82 [collector unknown] [NFRC]. 1♀, Wabamun, 20.viii.1954 (B. Hardy) / (ex B.A. Hardy Coll[ectio]n, SEM 2000) [SEM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 19 (1982; Edmonton)–August 20 (1954; Wabamun). LOCALITIES: Edmonton [53°33'N 113°28'W; NFRC]. Wabamun [53°33'N 114°28'W; SEM].

BC: T = 68 (14♂, 54♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, Kaslo, 8.vii.[1903 205] (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 10 (1916; Victoria)–September 16 (1976; Penticton). LOCALITIES: Ainsworth [Ainsworth Hot Springs, 49°44'N 116°55'W; USNM]. Chilliwack [49°10'30"N 121°56'30"W; CNC]. Cowichan Lake [Lake Cowichan, 48°49'N 124°03'W; SEM]. Departure Bay [49°12'N 123°58'W; CNC, SEM]. Galiano I[sland] / Galiano I[sland], Spanish Hills [48°56'N 123°27'W; SEM]. Kaslo [49°55'N 116°55'W; USNM]. Kootenay L[ake] [49°40'N 116°50'W; ROM]. Lakelse L[ake] Bog, S[outh] Terrace [Lakelse Lake Provincial Park, 54°23'N 128°31'W; CNC]. Langford [48°27'N 123°30'W; CNC]. Lillooet [50°41'N 121°56'W; CNC]. Nanaimo [49°10'N 123°56'W; ROM, UWO]. Penticton / Penticton, 2800–3000 ft [853–914 m, vicinity of Carmi Road E of Penticton] [49°30'N 119°35'W; LEM]. Quesnel [53°00'N 122°30'W; SEM]. Revelstoke [50°59'N 118°12'W; USNM]. Skeena R[iver], Terrace [54°01'N 130°07'W; CNC]. Terrace [54°31'N 128°36'W; CNC, ROM]. U[niversity of] B[ritish] C[olumbia] [Vancouver, 49°15'N 123°07'W; SEM]. Vancouver [49°15'N 123°07'W; CNC, MCZ]. Vancouver Isl[and] [49°30'N 125°30'W; MCZ]. Victoria [48°26'N 123°22'W; CNC 206].

204.A 1962 specimen from Victoria [CNC] is female, not male as reported by Tauber (1969: 36; as Meleoma dolichartha [sic]); corrected by Garland (1982 [1984]).

MB: T = 1 (♂). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Cedar Lake, 20–30.vi.1936 (F.M. Carpenter & C.T. Parsons) [MCZ]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 20–30 (1936; Cedar Lake). LOCALITIES: Cedar Lake [53°19'45"N 100°10'08"W; MCZ].

NB: T = 12 (1♂, 11♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, S[ain]t John, 1932 (F. Lord) [UG]. NEW RECORDS: 1 ♀, Kouchibouguac N [ational] P[ark], Code 5852B, 18.viii.1977 (D.B. Lyons) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 18 (1934; Fredericton)– August 25 (1968; McGraw Brook, and Sussex). LOCALITIES: Boom Road, North [umberland] Co [unty] [46°57'N 65°47'W; MFRC]. Campbellton [47°59'41"N 66°40'52"W; NDFRC]. F[rederic]ton / Fredericton [45°56'43"N 66°40'00"W; CNC, ROM]. Kouchibouguac N [ational] P[ark], Code 5852B [Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada, 46°51'30"N 64°58'30"W; CNC]. McGraw B [roo]k [46°49'N 66°07'W; NDFRC]. Petitcodiac [45°56'21"N 65°10'53"W; USNM]. Red Bank [conflicting place names; CNC]. S[ain]t John [45°15'33"N 66°02'20"W; UG]. S[ain]t Quentin [Saint-Quentin, 47°30'36"N 67°23'19"W; NDFRC]. Sussex [45°43'21"N 65°30'28"W; NDFRC].

NL: T = 24 (8♂, 16♀). FIRST RECORD: 3♂, 2♀, Eastport, 9.vii.1961 (C.P. Alexander) [USNM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 21 (1971; Terra Nova National Park of Canada, Saltons Brook)– August 24 (1976; Pynn’s Brook). LOCALITIES: Eastport [48°39'N 53°45'W; USNM]. Exploits R [iver] n[ea]r Bishop’s Falls [Bishop’s Falls, 49°01'N 55°29'W; USNM]. Pynn’s Brook [48°57'N 55°53'W; SJARS]. Romaine Br[oo]k [Romaines Brook, 48°33'N 58°40'W; USNM]. S[ain]t George’s / S[ain]t George’s, 3 mi [les] SE [48°26'N 58°29'W; SJARS, USNM]. S[ain]t John’s [47°34'N 52°44'W; NDFRC, SJARS]. Shoal H [arbou]r [48°11'N 53°59'W; SJARS]. Terra Nova N [a]t[iona]l P[ar]k, Salton B [roo]k [Saltons Brook, 48°35'N 53°57'W; MU].

NS: T = 50 (27♂, 22♀, 1?). FIRST RECORD: 3♂, 1♀, Pictou, 22.vii.1914 (E.M. W[alker]) [ROM]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, [Kentville Research Station], apple, rear Header House, 10.viii.1956 (M. Sanford 207) [CNC]. 1♂, C[ape] B[reton] H[ighlands] N[a]t[ional] P[ar]k, Clyburn Brook, PG964700, 12.vii.1983 / Coll [ector] D.M. Wood [CNC]. 1♀, C[ape] B[reton] H[ighlands] N[ational] P[ark], Pleasant Bay, PG682872, 10– 15.viii.1983 (J.E.H. Martin) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 22 (1968; Chester)– September 11 (1961; West Dover). LOCALITIES: Armdale, Halifax Co [unty] [44°38'N 63°38'W; NSM]. Baddeck, Cape Breton [Island] [46°06'N 60°45'W; MCZ]. C[ape] B[reton] H[ighlands] N[a]t[ional] P[ar]k, Clyburn Brook, PG964700 [Clyburn Brook, 46°40'N 60°24'W; CNC]. C[ape] B[reton] H[ighlands] N[ational] P[ark], Pleasant Bay, PG682872 [Pleasant Bay, 46°49'N 60°48'W; CNC]. Chester [44°33'N 64°15'W; NSM]. Debert [45°26'N 63°28'W; NDFRC, NSM]. Kentville [45°05'N 64°30'W; CNC]. Lac Ainslee, Cape Breton Is [land] [Lake Ainslie, 46°08'N 61°11'W; NSM]. Lawrence Town [Lawrencetown, 44°53'N 65°10'W; NDFRC]. MacNabs Island [45°42'N 60°48'W; CNC]. Malagash Mines, Cumberland Co[unty] [Malagash, 45°46'N 63°23'W; MFRC]. North Sydney, Cape Breton Is[land] [46°13'N 60°15'W; NSM]. Pictou [45°41'N 62°43'W; ROM]. Purcell’s Cove, Halifax Co[unty] [Purcells Cove, 44°37'N 63°34'W; NSM]. Truro [45°22'N 63°16'W; NSM]. West Dover, Halifax Co[unty] [44°29'N 63°52'W; NSM]. Wolfville [45°05'N 64°22'W; CNC, MCZ].

205.R.P. Currie spent 10 weeks in the summer of 1903 collecting insects in the company of H.G. Dyar and A.N.

Caudell of the U.S. National Museum (Natural History) in the Kootenay District of British Columbia. Currie and Dyar both wrote accounts of this trip (Currie 1904; Dyar 1904).

206.Record: 1♀, Victoria, 10.v.1916 (R.C. Treherne) / ( Chrysopa cockerelli Banks, Det. R.C. Smith) / ( Meleoma emuncta (Fitch), Det. C. Tauber ‘68); this is Smith’s (1932: 597) Chrysopa cockerelli .

207.M. Sanford, 1955–56, Agriculture Canada, Kentville Research Station (MacLellan 1986: 181; photo: p.125).

ON: T = 30 (8♂, 22♀). FIRST RECORD: 2♀, Rostrevor, 2.ix.1907 (Arthur Gibson) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 16 (1977; Joe Lake, Algonquin Park)–September 12 (1968; Port Credit). LOCALITIES: Algonquin Park [see Joe Lake]. Bancroft [45°02'N 77°45'W; ROM]. Bass Cr[eek], Lake Nipissing [45°48'N 82°01'W; ROM]. Bigwin Island [45°14'N 79°02'W; UWO]. Biscotasing [47°17'N 82°06'W; CNC]. Chaffeys Locks [44°35'N 76°19'W; ROM]. Echo Lake, Baysville, Muskoka District [44°58'N 79°33'W; ROM]. Fraserburg, Muskoka District [45°04'N 79°09'W; ROM]. Hamilton [43°14'N 79°57'W; ROM]. Horning’s Mills, E[ast] Cr[eek] [44°09'N 80°12'W; ROM]. Iron Bridge [46°17'N 83°14'W; CNC]. Joe Lake, Algonquin P[ar]k [45°35'N 78°43'W; APM, CNC]. Kap-Kig-Iwan Prov[incial] P[ar]k, Englehart, Timiskaming District [47°48'N 79°53'W; ROM]. Kirkwood T[ownshi]p 208 [Algoma District, 46°20'N 83°31'W; CNC]. Niagara [43°00'N 79°15'W; UG]. Port Credit [43°33'N 79°35'W; ROM]. Rossport Prov[incial] P[ar]k, 2 mi [les] E Rossport, Thunder Bay District [ROM]. Rostrevor [45°11'N 79°33'W; CNC]. S[ault] S[ainte] Marie [46°31'N 84°20'W; UG]. Smoky Falls, Mattagami R[iver] / Smoky Falls, Kapuskasing [50°04'N 82°10'W; CNC, ROM]. Sudbury [46°31'N 80°54'W; ROM]. Timmins [48°28'N 81°20'W; GLFRC].

PE: T = 1 (♀). FIRST RECORD: (unspecified locality): 1♀, 2.viii.1949 (J.E.C.) [LEM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: August 2 (1949). LOCALITIES: (unspecified) [LEM].

QC: T = 116 (18♂, 98♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Montfort, Laurentian Mts., 30.vi.1916 [collector unknown; CU 209]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, Verendrye Prov [incial] P[ar]k, Lucie L [a]k[e], 46°58'N 76°28'W, Fit. Mixed Forest, 16.vi–11.viii.1987 [collector unknown; CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 7 (1923; Hemmingford)– November 4 (1972; Sherbrooke). LOCALITIES: (unspecified locality) [UL Provancher Collection 1 and 2]. Belisle Beach, Luskville [45°32'N 76°01'W; CNC]. Berthierville [46°05'N 73°11'W; CRFL]. Brandy Pot [Brandy Pond, 45°41'19"N 72°02'02"W; UL]. Canton Rouyn, C [om]té R[ouyn]– Noranda [48°15'N 78°59'W; CSQ]. Charlevoix Co [unty] [Charlevoix, Comté, 47°29'N 70°29'W; LEM]. C[om] té Megantic [Mégantic, District judiciaire, 45°35'N 70°53'W; CSQ]. Covey Hill [45°01'06"N 73°45'20"W; CNC]. Duchesnay, Portneuf [Duchesnay, Barrage de, 46°52'02"N 71°38'15"W; CSQ]. Frelighsburg, Missisquoi [45°03'N 72°50'W; UL]. Hemmingford [45°03'N 73°35'W; CNC]. Kirks Ferry [Kirk’s Ferry, 45°32'30"N 75°49'00"W; CNC 210]. Knowlton [45°13'02"N 72°31'01"W; CNC]. Lac Mondor, S [ain] te Flore [Lac-Mondor, Sainte-Flore, 46°37'32"N 72°45'52"W; CNC 211]. Lac Serpent, N [otre] D[ame] du Laus [Lac-Serpent, Notre-Dame-du-Laus, 46°09'N 75°30'W; LEM]. Laniel [47°03'N 79°16'W; CNC]. Laurentide P [ar]k, le Relais, 2500 ft [762 m] [Laurentides, Réserve faunique, 47°45'N 71°15'W; CNC]. Laval [45°35'N 73°45'W; LEM]. Lorraine [45°41'N 73°47'W; UdeM]. Montfort, Laurentian M [oun]t[ain]s [45°53'10"N 74°20'23"W; CU]. Montreal [Montréal, 45°31'N 73°39'W; UdeM]. Parc du Mont Tremblant [Mont-Tremblant, Parc national du, 46°26'N 74°21'W; UdeM]. Quebec [Québec, 46°49'N 71°13'W; USNM]. Queen’s Park, Aylmer [Queens Park, 45°24'36"N 75°53'21"W; CNC]. S[ain]t Augustin, Port [neuf] [Saint-Augustin, 48°48'N 71°57'W; CRFL]. S[ain]t Hippolyte [Saint-Hippolyte, 45°56'N 74°01'W; UdeM]. S[ain]t Theodore de Chertsey / S[ain]t Theodore de Chertsey, 7 th Lake [Saint-Théodore-de-Chertsey, 46°04'20"N 73°53'13"W; LEM]. S[ain] te Angèle de Merici [Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, 48°32'N 68°05'W; UdeM]. S[ain] te Foy [Sainte-Foy–Sillery, 46°46'15"N 71°17'00"W; CRFL]. Seigneurie Lac Metis, C [om] té Matapedia [Lac Métis, 49°10'N 69°45'W; CSQ]. Shawbridge [45°52'17"N 74°04'45"W; LEM]. Sherbrooke [45°24'N 71°54'W; CRFL]. Tadoussac [48°09'N 69°43'W; LEM]. Verendrye Prov[incial] P[ar]k, Lucie L[a]k[e], 46°58'N 76°28'W [Lac Lucie, La Vallée-dela-Gatineau, 46°58'N 76°29'W; CNC].

208. Tauber (1969: 23) placed Kirkwood Township in British Columbia. In fact, Kirkwood Township is north of Thessalon ON, as noted by Garland (1985). A single specimen (♀, 31.viii.1960 (J.H. Grobler) [CNC]) corroborates the study by Grobler (1962).

209.Label data without gender provided by L.L. Pechuman in litt. 1980.

210. Tauber (1969: 24; as Meleoma emuncta) listed five females from Kirk’s Ferry QC, which in fact were a mixed series of M. emuncta and M. signoretti; corrected by Garland (1982 [1984]).

211. Tauber (1969: 24) attributed a number of records to Knowlton QC, which in fact should have been attributed to Lac-Mondor, Sainte-Flore QC; corrected by Garland (1982 [1984]).

SK: T = 1 (♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, Carrot River, ([F.I.S.] 4-393-01, Rec[eived] 16.viii.1968) / ( Caragana, W68, 4-393-01) / ( Meleoma emuncta Fitch, J.E.M.) [NFRC]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, Carrot River, ([F.I.S.] 4-393-01, Rec[eived] 16.viii.1968) [collector unknown] / ( Caragana, W68, 4-393-01) / ( Meleoma emuncta Fitch, J.E.M.) [NFRC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: August 16 (1968; Carrot River). LOCALITIES: Carrot River [53°17'N 103°35'W; NFRC].

Meleoma emuncta occurs in Canada, in all provinces. A tentative record from Saskatoon SK (Smith 1932; as Meleoma species near emuncta) has been located [CNC] and is here referred to Chrysopa oculata (which see, above). Other names in literature for this species in Canada, are: Chrysopa cockerelli (Smith 1932; Spencer 1942; Bickley and MacLeod 1956; Brown and Clark 1956); Chrysopa plorabunda (Provancher 1869, 1871a, b, 1877a, b 212; Brodie and White 1883); Meleoma slossonae (Banks 1903; Fyles 1903); Meleoma verticalis (Banks 1908; Gibson 1910; Smith 1932; Spencer 1942; Bickley and MacLeod 1956); and Pseudomallada perfecta (Penny et al. 1997) . 213 Canadian localities in literature for which no specimen has been seen, are: St. Marys BC (Smith 1932; also cited by Spencer 1942); Corner Brook NL (Tjeder 1960); Glenwood NL (Tjeder 1960); Economy NS (Tjeder 1960); Grimsby ON (Putman 1932b); St. Davids ON (Putman 1932b); Vineland ON (Garlick 1955); Kazabazua QC (Smith 1932); Montmorency QC (Fyles 1903: 29; as Meleoma slossonae). 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 bait; one teneral adult pinned with its cocoon was reared from a larva found on Apple; and they have been associated with mixed forest, ‘tourbe’[peat bog], Balsam Fir, Caragana, Picea glauca, Thimbleberry, Trembling Aspen, ‘pin rouge’[Red Pine], ‘saule pleureur’ [Weeping Willow]. Also from label data, adults or their larvae have been found preying on aphids. Bionomic notes on this species in literature pertaining to Canada have been summarised (Garland 1985a). Biology and immature stages of this species have been studied in California (Toschi 1965, as Meleoma comata); Tauber (1969) also included biological information in the context of adult variation.