CHRYSOPA COLORADENSIS Banks, 1895

Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, 1895a: 314–315 . Type: USA: Colorado ( Fort Collins); monotypy; male, MCZ (Penny et al. 1997).

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Chrysopa coloradensis: Gibson 1910: 127; 1914: 127; Smith 1932: 585, 601; Spencer 1942: 27; Garland 1982 [1984]: 149–152, 316–317, Figs. 51–53, 74, Map 11; 1984: 93; 1985a: 737–751; Penny et al. 1997: 49; Garland 2000: 39.

CANADA: T = 123 (59♂, 60♀, 4?). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1?, Kaslo, 17.vii.[19]03 (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 12 (1980; Kamloops BC)–September 18 (1976; Penticton BC).

BC: T = 123 (59♂, 60♀, 4?). FIRST RECORD: 1?, Kaslo, 17.vii.[19]03 (R.P. Currie) [USNM]. NEW RECORDS: 1♀, Seton Lake, Lillooet, 2.vi.1926 (J. McDunnough) / [hand-written] (Det. Smith) / [type-written] (2916) / ( Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, Det. P. Adams) [CNC]. 1♂, Richter Pass, Osoyoos, Artemisia, 24.v.1959 (R. Madge) / [type-written] (2889) / ( Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, Det. P. Adams) [CNC]. 1♀, Oliver, swept fr[om] pine, 25.v.1959 (R. Madge) / [type-written] (2886) / ( Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, Det. P. Adams) [CNC]. 1♀, Kamloops, on P [inus] ponderosa, 12.v.[19]80 (D. Evans) / [type-written] (260) [PFRC]. 1 ♀, Penticton, 8.ix.1985 (J.A. Garland) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 12 (1980; Kamloops)–September 18 (1976; Penticton). LOCALITIES: Cache Creek, 6 mi [les] E [50°48'N 121°19'W; LEM]. Creston [49°06'N 116°30'W; CNC]. Departure Bay [49°12'N 123°58'W; ROM]. Kamloops [50°40'N 120°19'W; PFRC, SEM]. Kaslo [49°55'N 116°55'W; USNM]. Keremeos [49°12'N 119°50'W; CNC]. Lytton, n[ea]r [50°14'N 121°34'W; SEM, UG]. Oliver [49°11'N 119°33'W; CNC]. Peachland [49°46'N 119°44'W; MCZ]. Penticton / Penticton, 2800–3000 ft [853–914 m, vicinity of Carmi Road E of Penticton] [49°30'N 119°35'W; CNC, LEM, SEM]. Penticton, West Bench [West Bench, 49°30'N 119°37'W; BCPM]. Richter Pass, Osoyoos [49°04'N 119°35'W; CNC]. Salmon Arm [50°42'N 119°16'W; CNC]. Seton Lake, Lillooet [50°41'N 122°07'W; CNC]. Vaseaux L[ake], Oliver [Vaseux Lake, 49°17'N 119°32'W; CNC 43]. W[est] Sum[me]rland 44 [Summerland, 49°36'N 119°40'W; SEM]. Westbank [49°50'N 119°38'W; CNC]. White Lake, Oliver [49°19'N 119°38'W; CNC]. Winslow 45 [Trout Creek, 49°34'N 119°37'W; SEM].

Chrysopa coloradensis occurs in Canada, in British Columbia, on Vancouver Island and in the southern interior. All Canadian localities reported in literature have been authenticated. 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 they have been associated with Artemisia, and Pine / Pinus ponderosa .