Dichochrysa macleodi, (Adams and Garland, 1983)

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 : 60

D ICHOCHRYSA MACLEODI ( Adams and Garland, 1983)

Mallada macleodi Adams and Garland, 1983: 240–244 . Type: male; USA: Texas (Erath County, Stephenville ); original designation; MCZ No. 32576.

Dichochrysa macleodi ( Adams and Garland, 1983) : Aspöck et al. 2001: Taxonomic Serial No. 666307.

Mallada slossonae Garland, 1996: 721 . NOM. NUD., SYN. NOV.

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Mallada macleodi: Adams and Garland 1983: 240–244 ; Garland 1984: 94; Garland 1985a: 737–751.

Mallada slossonae: Garland 1982 [ 1984]: 261–263, 409, Figs. 123–127, Map 23.

Pseudomallada macleodi: Penny et al. 1997: 56–57 .

CANADA: T = 4 (1♂, 3♀). FIRST RECORD: ON: 1♀, White Lake, uvl [ultra-violet light], 4.viii.1966 (P.D. Hebert) [ROM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 3 (1977; The Pinery Provincial Park ON)–August 4 (1966; White Lake ON).

ON: T = 4 (1♂, 3♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♀, White Lake, uvl [ultra-violet light], 4.viii.1966 (P.D. Hebert) [ROM, in fluid]. FLIGHT PERIOD: July 3 (1977; The Pinery Provincial Park)–August 4 (1966; White Lake). LOCALITIES: Kendal [44°02'N 78°32'W; ROM 192]. Pinery Prov[incial] P[ar]k, Lambton Co[unty], Ausable R[iver] n[ea]r riverside campground, sweeping understory shrubs [The Pinery Provincial Park, 43°15'15"N 81°50'00"W; ROM 193]. White Lake [White Lake, Renfrew County 194, 45°21'35"N 76°29'49"W; ROM 195].

Dichochrysa macleodi occurs in Canada, in southern Ontario. No specimen has yet been seen from Quebec, but this species could be anticipated there, as noted by Garland (1985a). All Canadian localities reported in literature have been authenticated. All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982 [ 1984]), and by Adams and Garland (1983). Based on label data, adults have been taken at light, and caught by sweeping understory shrubs. Larvae of this species have long been known as debris-carriers and overwintering ( Smith 1922, as Chrysopa cockerelli ). Although the binomen Mallada slossonae Garland, 1982 [ 1984], is not available for purposes of zoological nomenclature, it was published in 1996 as a nomen nudum in Nomina Insecta Nearctica ( Poole and Gentili 1996, 2: 730). This name also appears on the website for the same publication 196, and is a potential source of confusion. Therefore, Mallada slossonae Garland, 1996 , is hereby designated as a new objective synonym under Dichochrysa macleodi ( Adams and Garland, 1983; Mallada ) Syn. nov ..