P. A. Adams.
A Synonym in the Genus Chrysopa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).
Psyche 63(2):45, 1956.

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19561 Gregg - Ceylon Myrmoteras 45
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A SYNONYM IN THE GENUS CHRYSOPA (NEUROPTERA: CHRYSOPIDAE) -Banks described Chrysopa spenyi (Psyche 50:74-75) as differing from all other species of the plora- bun& section in lacking genal markings. An examination of the type (from Riverside, Calif., Sept. 7, 1940, 9, Sperry : here designated lectotype) , paratypes, and addi- tional material from Riverside disclosed every gradation from no genal marks to well-defined red ones. The type and all but one of the paratypes are faded or pale in- dividuals of Chrysopa conumche Banks 1938 (Can. Ent. 70 :119-120) ; sperryi is therefore a synonym of this species. One of the paratypes, collected at the same time as the others, is a faded male C. plorabunda califomica Coq., which lacks the red on the cheeks, but has the black mark plainly visible. A long series of comanche from Sabino Canyon, Baboquivari Mts., Arizona, Sept., 1951 (L. M. Martin, Los Angeles County Museum) also shows every gradation between well-defined cheek markings and none at all; the holotype of comanche, from Laredo, Texas, has only the faintest trace of the red marks. These identifica- tions were made with the aid of male genitalic characters. - PHILLIP A. ADAMS, Harvard University.




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