APAMEA OPHIOGRAMMA (ESPER), A PALEARCTIC CUTWORM NEW TO NORTH AMERICA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Troubridge ◽  
Sheila M. Fitzpatrick ◽  
J. Donald Lafontaine
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Light Trap ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThe palearctic cutworm, Apamea ophiogramma (Esper), is reported from North America for the first time. Four specimens were collected at a light trap in Langley, British Columbia, in 1989, 19 in 1990, and 38 in 1991. Descriptions of wing markings and genitalic characters that distinguish A. ophiogramma from the nearctic Oligia fractilinea (Grt.) are provided.

scholarly journals New records of Leptopilina, Ganaspis, and Asobara species associated with Drosophila suzukii in North America, including detections of L. japonica and G. brasiliensis

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Paul K. Abram ◽  
Audrey E. McPherson ◽  
Robert Kula ◽  
Tracy Hueppelsheuser ◽  
Jason Thiessen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Classical Biological Control ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Drosophila Suzukii ◽  
Northwestern North America ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coastal British Columbia

We report the presence of two Asian species of larval parasitoids of spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in northwestern North America. Leptopilina japonica Novkovic & Kimura and Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) were found foraging near and emerging from fruits infested by D. suzukii at several locations across coastal British Columbia, Canada in the summer and fall of 2019. While G. brasiliensis was found in British Columbia for the first time in 2019, re-inspection of previously collected specimens suggests that L. japonica has been present since at least 2016. Additionally, we found a species of Asobara associated with D. suzukii in British Columbia that is possibly Asobara rufescens (Förster) (known only from the Palearctic Region) based on COI DNA barcode data. These findings add to the list of cases documenting adventive establishment of candidate classical biological control agents outside of their native ranges. The findings also illustrate the need for revisiting species concepts within Asobara, as well as host and geographic distribution data due to cryptic and/or misidentified species.

NEARCTIC RECORDS OF TWO EUROPEAN SPECIES OF PTEROMALIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)

1974 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 623-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oswald Peck
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
White Birch ◽  
European Species ◽  
First Time

AbstractTwo chalcidoid species, previously known only from Europe, are reported from North America for the first time. Habritys brevicornis (Ratz.) occurs in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. Psilonotus achaeus Wlk. (= Eutelus betulae Grit., new syn.) occurs in Ontario, New York, and Michigan; it parasitizes Oligotrophus betulae Winn. (Cecidomyiidae) in seed of white birch.

Records of adventive aleocharine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) found in Canada

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Klimaszewski ◽  
Volker Assing ◽  
Christopher G. Majka ◽  
Georges Pelletier ◽  
Reginald P. Webster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
First Time

AbstractEight additional adventive aleocharine beetles, native to the Palaearctic region, are reported from Canada, five of them for the first time. They belong to three tribes: Crataraea suturalis (Mannerheim) (Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, British Columbia) and “Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher)” (Ontario, British Columbia) belong to Oxypodini; Atheta (Chaetida) longicornis (Gravenhorst) (Nova Scotia, Quebec), Atheta (Thinobaena) vestita (Gravenhorst) (New Brunswick), Dalotia coriaria (Kraatz) (Alberta), Dinaraea angustula (Gyllenhal) (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Alberta), and Nehemitropia lividipennis (Mannerheim) (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario) belong to Athetini; and Homalota plana (Gyllenhal) (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick) belongs to Homalotini. These species have likely been introduced into Canada from Europe by various anthropogenic activities, and their bionomics and possible modes of introduction are discussed. For each species, a short diagnosis and habitus and genital images are provided to assist with identification. The habitus and genital images are presented here for the first time for these species in North America. New United States records are not included in the abstract.

Three new species of the Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammoniteSunrisitesfrom British Columbia, Canada

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Longridge ◽  
P. L. Smith ◽  
J. Pálfy ◽  
H. W. Tipper
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
North America ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Large Shell ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Stratigraphic Range

Most species of the middle and late Hettangian psiloceratid genusSunrisitesare endemic to the eastern Pacific, where they are common members of ammonoid assemblages. the Taseko Lakes map area in British Columbia yields diverse and well-preservedSunrisitesfaunas which are formally described here for the first time. Three new species are recognized,S. brimblecombei, S. chilcotinensis, andS. senililevis.the new species require an extension of the morphological range of the genus to include forms that become moderately involute at large shell diameters. Signs of sexual dimorphism are apparent within all three new species ofSunrisites.This work extends the stratigraphic range ofSunrisitesto include the latest Hettangian Rursicostatum Zone in North America. The distribution ofSunrisitessuggests that the Hispanic Corridor, which linked the western Tethyan Ocean and the eastern Pacific, may have been open during the Hettangian. Furthermore, occurrences of the genus constrain the Hettangian position of several allochthonous terranes to the northeastern Pacific.

Ramellogammarus vancouverensis Bousfield (Amphipoda) as an intermediate host for salmonid parasites in British Columbia

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1100-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Margolis ◽  
F. Moravec
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
First Record ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Salmonid Fishes ◽  
Swim Bladder ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
First Time

Larvae of the nematode Salvelinema walkeri (Ekbaum, 1935) and metacercariae of the trematode Crepidostomum metoecus (Braun, 1900) are recorded for the first time from the amphipod Ramellogammarus vancouverensis Bousfield, 1979 (Amphipoda: Gammaridae).The infected amphipods were collected from De Mamiel Creek, southwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Brief descriptions are given of both parasites, which as adults live in salmonid fishes. This report provides the first record of an intermediate host for S. walkeri, a swim-bladder parasite of salmonids of the Pacific region of North America, and of an intermediate host of a Crepidostomum species in the Pacific region of Canada.

A new erymoid lobster (Decapoda: Glypheidea: Erymidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada, and a summary of Erymoidea from North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-276
Author(s):  
Rodney M Feldmann ◽  
Carrie E Schweitzer ◽  
James W Haggart
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
North American Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The description of a new species of an erymid lobster, Stenodactylina beardi, from the Upper Cretaceous Haslam Formation of the Nanaimo Group on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, brings to fifteen the number of Erymidae in North America. The species are arrayed within five genera based upon configuration of carapace groove morphology, resulting in two new combinations, Stenodactylina bordenensis (Copeland, 1960) and S. foersteri (Feldmann, 1979). The new species exhibits for the first time a male pleopod and accessory structures within Erymoidea. We also provide a list of the North American species of Erymoidea.

FOUR EUROPEAN SPECIES OF PSALLUS FIEBER FOUND IN CANADA (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE)

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
European Species ◽  
Nursery Stock ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

This note deals with four reddish species of European Psallus Fieber known to occur in Canada. Psallus roseus Fabricius was discovered in 1970 in British Columbia, and P. lepidus Fieber and P. jlavellus Stichel were discovered in 1976 in Nova Scotia and are now reported for the first time from the Nearctic region. They were probably introduced accidentally into this country some time ago with nursery stock. The fourth species, P. falleni Reuter, misidentified in North America as P. alnicola Douglas & Scott, is probably naturally Holarctic in distribution. The four species are redescribed, vesicae, left claspers and two adults are illustrated, and a key to separate them is provided.

Genus Tinotus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from America north of Mexico: review of the types, distribution records, and key to species

2002 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Klimaszewski ◽  
Georges Pelletier ◽  
Jon Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Distribution Limit ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
Northern Distribution ◽  
First Time ◽  
Unrecorded Species

AbstractSpecies of the genus Tinotus Sharp of America north of Mexico are reviewed. Five species are recognized: T. caviceps Casey, T. imbricatus Casey, T. morion (Gravenhorst), T. parvicornis Casey, and T. trisectus Casey. The genus Tinotus is recorded from Canada for the first time and is represented in the country by two previously unrecorded species: T. morion (Gravenhorst), introduced from the Palearctic region, and T. caviceps Casey, described from Nevada and subsequently reported from California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, and Montana. Tinotus morion was previously listed in North America from Connecticut and Nevada (unverified records), but until now it was unknown from Canada. Here it is reported as new for New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. Tinotus caviceps is found for the first time in southern Quebec where it probably reaches its northern distribution limit. The following synonymies are established, with the first names being valid: T. caviceps Casey (= T. pallidus Casey), T. imbricatus Casey (= T. amplus Notman, T. brunnipes Notman), T. parvicornis Casey (= T. planulus Notman), and T. trisectus Casey (= T. binarius Casey, T. brunneus Casey, and T. lateralis Notman). A new lectotype is designated for T. brunnipes Notman. The lectotype specimens have been dissected and their genital features illustrated. Diagnoses, illustrations, and a key to identify species from America north of Mexico are provided.

Sciadiocara denticulata n. sp. (Acuariidae) from Actitis macularia (L.) and other nematodes from spotted sandpiper and black-bellied plover

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
George G. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
First Time ◽  
Charadriiform Bird

Seven black-bellied plovers, Squatarola squatarola (L.), from British Columbia and Quebec, and six spotted sandpipers, Actitis macularia (L.), from British Columbia harbored a total of nine species of nematodes. Squatarola squatarola yielded Sciadiocara umbellifera (Molin, 1860), Ancyracanthopsis coronata (Molin, 1860), Viktorocara shejkini Guschanskaya, 1950, Desmidocercella numidica (Seurat, 1920), and Capillaria contorla (Creplin, 1829). Actitis macularia harbored Sciadiocara denticulata n. sp., Ancyracanthopsis coronata, Streptocara c. crassicauda (Creplin, 1829), Capillaria (?) totani (von Linstow, 1875), and a third-stage (?) Skrjabinocerca sp. Sciadiocara denticulata n. sp. is smaller and noticeably more delicate than S. umbellifera; its cephalic lappets are narrow and bear a fringe of minute teeth, and it has an elaborate left spicular apex. Sciadiocara umbellifera and V. shejkini are reported for the first time from North America, and D. numidica (syn. Desmidocerca nudicauda Mawson, 1957) for the first time in a charadriiform bird.

OCCURRENCE OF COTESIA RUBECULA (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) IN QUEBEC, 30 YEARS AFTER ITS INTRODUCTION IN NORTH AMERICA

1998 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
pp. 733-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Godin ◽  
Guy Boivin
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Brussels Sprouts ◽  
Cotesia Rubecula ◽  
Artogeia Rapae ◽  
First Time

During a study on the parasitoids of the imported cabbageworm, Artogeia rapae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), undertaken in 1993 and 1994, we recovered Cotesia rubecula (Marshall) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the first time in Quebec, Canada. Samples were taken from pesticide-free plots of cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts located at Ste-Clotilde (45°09′N, 73°41′W) and L'Acadie, Quebec (45°18′N, 73°21′W), as described by Godin and Boivin (1998). In addition, survival of diapausing C. rubecula was evaluated after a 5-month incubation at 4°C (Godin 1997). Both A. rapae and C. rubecula are introduced species and originate most likely from Europe (Richards 1940). Artogeia rapae was discovered in 1860 in Quebec (Harcourt 1963), and C. rubecula was first reported in 1963 in British Columbia (Wilkinson 1966).

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