CHRYSOPA EXCEPTA Banks, 1911

Chrysopa excepta Banks, 1911: 340 . Type: USA: New Mexico ( Fort Wingate); original designation; sex unknown, MCZ (Penny et al. 1997).

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Chrysopa excepta: Smith 1932: 585; Spencer 1942: 27; Garland 1982 [1984]: 153–157, 317–318, Figs. 54–57, 73, Map 12; 1984: 93; 1985a: 737–751; Penny et al. 1997: 49.

CANADA: T = 11 (5 ♂, 6♀). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1♀, Penticton, 7.vi.1919 (W.B. Anderson) / (Det. Smith) / (2923) / ( Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, Det. P. Adams) / ( Chrysopa excepta Banks, ♀, Det. J.A. Garland 1980) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 24 (1922; Nicola BC)–August 1 (1951; Elbow SK).

AB: T = 2 (♂). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Lethbridge, 7.vi.1922 (H.E. Gray) / (2971) / ( Chrysopa excepta Bks., Det. P. Adams) [CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 7 (1922; Lethbridge)–July 25 (1952: Manyberries). LOCALITIES: Lethbridge [49°42'N 112°49'W; CNC]. Manyberries [49°24'N 110°42'W; CNC].

BC: T = 3 (1♂, 2♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, Penticton, 7.vi.1919 (W.B. Anderson) / (Det. Smith) / (2923) / ( Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, Det. P. Adams) / ( Chrysopa excepta Banks, ♀, Det. J.A. Garland 1980) [CNC]. NEW RECORDS: 1♂, Oliver, 15.v.1923 (C.B. Garrett) / (Det. Smith) / ( Chrysopa ? excepta Banks, Det. P. Adams) [CNC 46]. FLIGHT PERIOD: May 24 (1922; Nicola)–June 7 (1919; Penticton). LOCALITIES: Nicola [50°10'N 120°40'W; CNC]. Oliver [49°11'N 119°33'W; CNC]. Penticton [49°30'N 119°35'W; CNC].

SK: T = 6 (2♂, 4♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Elbow, 1.viii.1951 (A.R. Brooks) / (2970) / (Adams Slide No. 6- III-625) / (Det. Chrysopa excepta Bks., Det. P. Adams) [CNC: 4♀, same primary data]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 12 (1958; Lumsden)–August 1 (1951; Elbow). LOCALITIES: Elbow [51°07'N 106°35'W; CNC]. Lumsden [50°39'N 104°52'W; CNC].

Chrysopa excepta occurs in Canada, from the southern interior of British Columbia to south-central Saskatchewan. All Canadian localities reported in literature have been authenticated. All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982 [1984]), or as new records (above).