N INETA GRAVIDA (Banks, 1911)

Chrysopa gravida Banks, 1911: 343 . Type: USA: California (Yosemite [National Park]); original designation; male, MCZ No. 11384 (Garland 2001).

Nineta gravida (Banks, 1911): Garland 1984 a: 94.

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Chrysopa gravida: Smith 1932: 597; Spencer 1942: 27; Garland 1979: 745–746.

Nineta gravida: Garland 1982 [1984]: 238–241, 407, Figs. 74, 99–104, Map 19; 1984: 94; 1985a: 737–751; Scudder 1994: 45; Penny et al. 1997: 56; Garland 2000: 40; 2001: 43–50.

218.J.E.H. Martin, personal communication [1980].

219.Label data provided by L.L. Pechuman in litt. 1980; gender based on Tauber 1969: 33.

220. Tauber (1969: 24; as Meleoma emuncta) recorded one female from Kingsmere QC, and four females from Kirk’s Ferry QC; corrected by Garland (1982 [1984]).

CANADA: T = 9 (5♂, 2♀, 2?). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1? [abdomen missing], Vanc[ouver] Island, 2.vi.[18]88 (G.W. Taylor) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 2 (1888; Vancouver Island BC)–July 31 (1991; Upper Carmanah Valley [Vancouver Island] BC).

BC: T = 9 (5♂, 2♀, 2?). FIRST RECORD: 1? [abdomen missing], Vanc [ouver] Island, 2.vi.[18]88 (G.W. Taylor) [CNC]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, Chemainus, W [estern] Hemlock; 21.vi.1983 (FIS No. 83-455-04) / [type-written] (258) [collector unknown; PFRC]. 1♂, Upper Carmanah Valley, Station 4; 2.vii.1990 (N.N. Winchester) / Nineta gravida, det. Penny, '95 [UCBRK 221]. 1 ♂, Upper Carmanah Valley, Malaise Trap 2; 2.vii.1990 (N.N. Winchester) / Nineta gravida, det. Penny, '95 [UCBRK 222]. 2♂, Upper Carmanah Valley, UTM: 10U CJ 803006; TZMT5; 31.vii– 11.viii.1991 223 (N. Winchester) / Nineta gravida, det. Penny, '95 [UCBRK 224]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 2 (1888; Vancouver Island)– July 31 (1991; Upper Carmanah Valley). LOCALITIES: Chemainus [48°55'N 123°43'W; PFRC]. Departure Bay [49°12'N 123°58'W; CNC]. Gabriola Island [49°10'N 123°48'W; SEM]. Upper Carmanah Valley, UTM: 10U CJ 803006 225 / Upper Carmanah Valley, Station 4 / Upper Carmanah Valley, Malaise Trap 2 [Carmanah Walbran Park, Renfrew Land District, 48°39'N 124°39'W; UCBRK]. Vanc [ouver] Island [CNC]. Victoria, Geo [logical] Surv [ey], Canada [48°26'N 123°22'W; CNC].

Nineta gravida occurs in Canada, in southern coastal British Columbia. All Canadian localities reported in literature have been authenticated. All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982, 2000, 2001), or as new records (above). Based on label data, adults have been taken in Malaise trap, and they have been associated with Western Hemlock [ Tsuga heterophylla]. The gut of the male specimen from Gabriola Island contained tri-lobed yellow pollen typical of Pinaceae, and much fragmented fungi (Garland 2001). The newly recorded female reported here from Chemainus BC also was examined for gut contents, but there was nothing to report. This is one of five species of Chrysopidae that have been designated as potentially rare and endangered in British Columbia (Scudder 1994).