Chrysoperla rufilabris ( Burmeister, 1839 )

GARLAND, J. A. & KEVAN, D. K. MCE., 2007, Chrysopidae of Canada and Alaska (Insecta, Neuroptera): revised checklist, new and noteworthy records, and geo-referenced localities, Zootaxa 1486 (1), pp. 1-84 : 58

Chrysoperla rufilabris ( Burmeister, 1839) : Garland 1984: 93.

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Chrysopa rufilabris: Gibson 1913: 137 ; 1915: 149; Putman 1932a: 44–45; 1932b: 121–126; Ross 1932: 40–43; Smith 1932: 597; Ross and Putman 1934: 37; Putman 1937: 29–37; Garlick 1955: 281–282, 326–328; Putman 1955: 24; Bickley and MacLeod 1956: 194; Putman 1956: 520; Putman and Herne 1958: 668, 670–671; 1960: 200; Dustan 1961: 224; Putman 1963a: 37; Herne and Putman 1966: 937, 939; Putman and Herne 1966: 811–812; Throne 1971: 74; Tauber 1974: 1149–1150; New 1975: 129; Hydorn and Whitcomb 1979: 293.

Chrysoperla rufilabris: Garland 1982 [ 1984]: 200–205, 373–374, 417, Figs. 79–82, 98, Map 16; 1984: 93; 1985a: 737– 751; 756–757; Brooks 1994: 172–173, Fig. 277; Penny et al. 1997: 52–53.

CANADA: T = 41 (17♂, 21♀, 3?). FIRST RECORD: ON: 1♀, Toronto, 14.vii.1914 (E.M. Walker) [ROM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 9 (1965; Rondeau Provincial Park ON)–September 16 (1931; Biscotasing ON).

MB: T = 1 (?). FIRST RECORD: 1? [abdomen with terminalia missing], Oak Lake, (W67-2554, Rec[eived] 28.vii [1967]) / (Bur Oak, W67-2554) [NFRC]. NEW RECORDS: 1? [abdomen with terminalia missing], Oak Lake, (W67-2554, Rec[eived] 28.vii [1967] [collector unknown]) / (Bur Oak, W67-2554) [NFRC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 28 (1967; Oak Lake). LOCALITIES: Oak Lake [49°45'59"N 100°37'41"W; NFRC].

NS: T = 2 (♂). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Sable Island, Main Station, 22.vii.1976 (B. Wright) [NSM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 22 (1976; Sable Island)–August 11–14 (1978; Sable Island). LOCALITIES: Sable Island 188, Main Station / Sable Island, Met[eorological] Station [43°57'N 59°55'W; NSM].

ON: T = 35 (13♂, 20♀, 2?). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, Toronto, 14.vii.1914 (E.M. Walker) / ( Chrysopa rufilabris Burm., Det. P. Adams ‘61) [ROM]. NEW RECORDS: 1♂, 1♀, Hamilton / 18082H30, 109a 7, 20.vii.[19]30 / Host: European Pine Shoot Moth, Rhyaciona [sic] buoliana (Schiff.) [collector unknown; CNC]. FLIGHT PERIOD: June 9 (1965; Rondeau Provincial Park )–September 16 (1931; Biscotasing ). LOCALITIES: Biscotasing [47°17'N 82°06'W; CNC]. Chatham [42°24'N 82°11'W; UWO]. Guelph [43°33'N 80°15'W; UG]. Hamilton [43°14'N 79°57'W; CNC]. Harrow [42°02'N 82°55'W; MCMU, UG]. L[ake] Opeongo , Algonquin P [ar]k [45°42'N 78°23'W; MCMU]. Ottawa [45°16'N 75°45'W; CNC]. P[oin]t Pelee / P[oin]t Pelee Nat [iona]l P[ar]k [Point Pelee National Park of Canada, 41°58'N 82°31'W; CNC, LEM]. Port Credit [43°33'N 79°35'W; ROM]. Rondeau Prov [incial] P[ar]k, Kent Co [unty] [42°17'N 81°52'W; ROM]. S[ain]t Davids [43°10'N 79°07'W; UG]. Southampton 189 [44°29'N 81°23'W; CNC]. Toronto [43°42'N 79°25'W; MCZ, ROM]. Vineland [43°09'N 79°24'W; CNC].

QC: T = 3 (2♂, 1♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♂ 190, Laval, 1.ix.1967 (M.O. Guibord) [LEM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: September 1 (1967; Laval)–September 8 (1978; Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue). LOCALITIES: Laval [45°35'N 73°45'W; LEM]. Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue [45°24'11"N 73°56'58"W; LEM].

Chrysoperla rufilabris occurs in Canada, mainly Ontario and Quebec. A literature report of New Brunswick in Penny et al. (1997), was based on an error for “ New Brunswick, New Jersey” in Banks (1903: 152); Banks (op. cit.) did not report any Canadian localities for this species. Sable Island NS is the only authenticated locality in Atlantic Canada. Canadian localities in literature for which no specimen has been seen, are: Grimsby ON and Niagara ON ( Putman 1932b), and there are no voucher specimens for any of the biological studies in the Niagara Peninsula ( Ross 1932; Ross and Putman 1934; Putman 1955, 1956; Putman and Herne 1958; Putman 1963a; Putman and Herne 1966). All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982 [ 1984]), or as new records (above). Based on label data, adults have been taken at light, and associated with Bur Oak, Robinia and White Pine trees. Also from label data, adults have been reared from larvae feeding on the European Pine Shoot Moth, Rhyacionia buoliana (Denis and Schiffermüller) . Bionomic notes on this species in literature pertaining to Canada have been summarised ( Garland 1985a). In Michigan, this insect has recently been evaluated for control of the balsam twig aphid, Mindarus abietinus Koch , both in laboratory and field studies in Christmas Tree ( Abies balsamea and A. fraseri ) plantations ( Fondren et al. 2004).