Nothochrysa californica, Banks, 1892

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 : 72

NOTHOCHRYSA CALIFORNICA Banks, 1892

Nothochrysa californica Banks, 1892: 373 . Type: USA: S. California (corrected by Banks 1903: 142); original designation; male, Los Angeles CA, MCZ ( Penny et al. 1997).

SYNONYMY PERTAINING TO CANADA

Nothochrysa californica: Smith 1932: 582 , 601; Spencer 1942: 26; Bickley and MacLeod 1956: 183; Adams 1967: 223– 225; Garland 1982 [ 1984]: 265–267, 410, Figs. 74, 128–132, Map 24; 1984: 94; 1985a: 737–751; Scudder 1994: 45; Penny et al. 1997: 44.

CANADA: T = 9 (5♂, 4♀). FIRST RECORD: BC: 1♂, Sidney, 11.iv.1927 (W. Downes) [SEM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: April 11 (1927; Sidney BC)–June 5 (1955; Bowser BC).

BC: T = 9 (5♂, 4♀). FIRST RECORD: 1♂, Sidney, 11.iv.1927 (W. Downes) [SEM]. FLIGHT PERIOD: April 11 (1927; Sidney)– June 5 (1955; Bowser). LOCALITIES: Bowser [49°26'N 124°40'W; CNC]. Sidney [48°39'N 123°24'W; SEM]. S[outh] Pender Is [land] [48°45'N 123°13'W; CNC]. Vancouver, Seymour Mountain , 4700 ft [1433 m] [Mount Seymour Provincial Park, 49°23'30"N 122°55'00"W; SEM]. Victoria [48°26'N 123°22'W; SEM].

Nothochrysa californica occurs in Canada, in southern coastal British Columbia. Canadian localities in literature for which no specimen has been seen, are: Nanaimo BC ( Spencer 1942). Smith (1932: 582), in his study of Chrysopidae in the Canadian National Collection, reported that, “Only a single specimen of this handsome species has been seen from Canada. It was collected by W.B. Anderson, Victoria, B.C., May 4, 1918. The specimen was badly damaged by museum pests and has been mounted on a slide (Fig. 5). It was compared with Banks’ type in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.” Although this particular specimen could not be located 226, Victoria BC has been authenticated by other museum specimens [SEM]. All specimens reported here are documented with data in Garland (1982 [ 1984]). Based on label data, adults have been found on snow, and associated with D[ouglas] Fir [ Pseudotsuga menziesii ]. This is one of five species of Chrysopidae that have been designated as potentially rare and endangered in British Columbia ( Scudder 1994). For the biology and immature stages of this species in California, see Toschi (1965).