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,
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9FA4FA2E4657C1E5" bold="true" box="[151,530,1474,1501]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Species Comments and History.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA2652E9D2BFA2F4691C1E5" author="Ashmead, W. H." box="[536,724,1475,1501]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" pagination="48 - 55" refId="ref98982" refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1888) Descriptions of some new genera and species of Canadian Proctotrupidae. Canadian Entomology, 20, 48 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 2048 - 3" type="journal article" year="1888">Ashmead (1888)</bibRefCitation>
described this species from a single female specimen as part of the genus
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, characterized by the females being wingless or having reduced wings.
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redescribed the species, transferred it to
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9D5BF9E746ACC21D" box="[616,745,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Megaspilus</emphasis>
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and designated
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9C97F9E04027C21D" box="[932,1122,1547,1574]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. erythrothorax</emphasis>
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as the
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species for
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9A47F9E04550C271" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Eumegaspilus</emphasis>
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. For
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9E66F9DC45B6C271" box="[341,499,1583,1610]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. canadensis</emphasis>
, Ashmead
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keyed out the female, distinguishing it from other females based on its reduced wings, cuticular sculpture and color differences (1893).
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recorded four more female specimens of
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9C46F9944056C2A9" box="[885,1043,1655,1682]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. canadensis</emphasis>
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collected with Harringtons
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9A68F99444B2C28D" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. ottawensis</emphasis>
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specimens, noting that these four specimens might be a variety of
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9B35F97040E2C28D" box="[1030,1191,1692,1718]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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.
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We found these four specimens at the CNC, all bearing labels reading “
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9DE0F9534792C2E1" box="[723,983,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Megaspilus canadensis</emphasis>
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=
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9CC4F92C4028C2E1" box="[1015,1133,1728,1753]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">ottawensis</emphasis>
Ashm.
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|| W. H. Harrington Collection”.
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also recorded the existence of a fifth specimen, which we found at the CNC, bearing only a determination label reading “
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9D1EF8EB4774C319" box="[557,817,1799,1825]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Megaspilus canadensis</emphasis>
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”. All of these specimens are females in poor condition (damaged and badly glued, obscuring characters) and none were collected with the
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. These specimens may not match each other, let alone the
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of
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA2652E9D77F8BC46A5C351" box="[580,736,1871,1898]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. canadensis</emphasis>
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. One female had the preoccipital furrow not reaching the ocellar triangle (the
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has the preoccipital furrow ending inside the ocellar triangle). Further work must be done to verify whether these specimens are the same species. These five specimens were not databased.
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9FA4FA394567C1D6" bold="true" box="[151,290,1493,1518]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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(
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male lectotype (USNMENT01339748). A. Dorsal view. B. Dorsal view of the frons. C. Lateral view.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9FF4F9AC452EC262" author="Kieffer, J. J." box="[199,363,1600,1626]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 27" refId="ref101902" refString="Kieffer, J. J. (1909) Hymenoptera. Fam. Ceraphronidae. Genera Insectorum, 94, 1 - 27." type="journal article" year="1909">Kieffer (1909)</bibRefCitation>
transferred
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9EC6F9AC46D6C262" box="[501,659,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9DE8F9AC4719C262" box="[731,860,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Megaspilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genus
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9CC4F9AC40CCC262" box="[1015,1161,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Conostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9BAAF9AC4179C262" author="Kieffer, J. J." box="[1177,1340,1600,1626]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refId="ref101926" refString="Kieffer, J. J. (1914) Serphidae (= Proctotrupidae) et Calliceratidae (= Ceraphronidae). Das Tierreich, 42. lfg. R. Friedlander und sohn., Berlin, 254 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1219" type="book" year="1914">Kieffer (1914)</bibRefCitation>
then redescribed and keyed out the female, distinguishing it from other female
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9CEDF9884035C246" box="[990,1136,1636,1662]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Conostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its reduced wings and coloration.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9E25F9644634C29A" author="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M." box="[278,625,1671,1698]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="655 - 718" refId="ref103007" refString="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M. (1951) Superfamily Proctotrupoidea. In: Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico- - Synoptic Catalogue, US Department of Agriculture Monograph, No. 2, pp. 655 - 718." type="book chapter" year="1951">Muesebeck and Walkley (1951</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9D4EF96B46F3C29A" author="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M." box="[637,694,1671,1698]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="319 - 419" refId="ref103056" refString="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M. (1956) Type species of the genera and subgenera of parasitic wasps comprising the superfamily Proctotrupoidea (order Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105 (3359), 319 - 419. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.3359.319" type="journal article" year="1956">1956</bibRefCitation>
) reconsidered
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9C69F96447B3C29A" box="[858,1014,1672,1698]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9BABF9644170C29A" authorityName="Ashmead" authorityYear="1888" box="[1176,1333,1672,1698]" class="Insecta" genus="Eumegaspilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9BABF9644170C29A" box="[1176,1333,1672,1698]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Eumegaspilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and consider
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9FE6F9404537C2FE" box="[213,370,1708,1734]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Eumegaspilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9D08F9404688C2FE" box="[571,717,1708,1734]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Conostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9DEFF9404007C2FE" author="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M." box="[732,1090,1707,1734]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="319 - 419" refId="ref103056" refString="Muesebeck, C. F. W. &amp; Walkley, L. M. (1956) Type species of the genera and subgenera of parasitic wasps comprising the superfamily Proctotrupoidea (order Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105 (3359), 319 - 419. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.3359.319" type="journal article" year="1956">Muesebeck and Walkley (1956)</bibRefCitation>
justified this by noting that
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9AB0F9404577C2D2" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. erythrothorax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not in the original description of the genus.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9C60F93C40D7C2D2" author="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P." box="[851,1170,1744,1770]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="307 - 372" refId="ref100578" refString="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P. (1987) Tableau dichotomique des genres de Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) avec commentaries et nouvelles especes. Frustula Entomologie, 7 - 8, 307 - 372." type="journal article" year="1987">Dessart and Cancemi (1987)</bibRefCitation>
consider
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9BCCF93C41D9C2D2" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1279,1436,1744,1770]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Megaspilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9BCCF93C41D9C2D2" box="[1279,1436,1744,1770]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be the
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species of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9D7EF91846AFC336" authorityName="Ashmead" authorityYear="1888" box="[589,746,1780,1806]" class="Insecta" genus="Eumegaspilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9D7EF91846AFC336" box="[589,746,1780,1806]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Eumegaspilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They also note that
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9CEAF9184032C336" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[985,1143,1780,1806]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Megaspilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9CEAF9184032C336" box="[985,1143,1780,1806]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is probably cosmopolitan (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9FACF8F4459DC30A" author="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P." box="[159,472,1816,1842]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="307 - 372" refId="ref100578" refString="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P. (1987) Tableau dichotomique des genres de Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) avec commentaries et nouvelles especes. Frustula Entomologie, 7 - 8, 307 - 372." type="journal article" year="1987">Dessart and Cancemi, 1987</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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The female
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is present at the USNM in the same condition as noted in
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9B01F8D041DCC36F" author="Masner, L. &amp; Muesebeck, C. F. W." box="[1074,1433,1852,1879]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refId="ref102493" refString="Masner, L. &amp; Muesebeck, C. F. W. (1968) The types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 143 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.270" type="book" year="1968">Masner and Muesebeck (1968)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B36FFA3652F9FA4F88C4593C342" author="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P." box="[151,470,1888,1914]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="307 - 372" refId="ref100578" refString="Dessart, P. &amp; Cancemi, P. (1987) Tableau dichotomique des genres de Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) avec commentaries et nouvelles especes. Frustula Entomologie, 7 - 8, 307 - 372." type="journal article" year="1987">Dessart and Cancemi (1987)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that this species could be synonymous with
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9B0CF88C4097C342" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1087,1234,1888,1914]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Conostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lativentris">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9B0CF88C4097C342" box="[1087,1234,1888,1914]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. While this specimen bears a strong resemblance to the female
<typeStatus id="54848865FFA3652F9DA8F8684693C3A6" box="[667,726,1924,1950]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">types</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA3652F9DC9F86847C8C3A6" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[762,909,1924,1950]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Conostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lativentris">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA3652F9DC9F86847C8C3A6" box="[762,909,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">C. lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at the NHMUK and HNHM (wings reduced or absent, sternaulus present and elongate, facial pit present, postocellar carina present, preoccipital furrow present, median process on the intertorular carina present and acute, axillular carinae present), there are differences in the sculpturing. The
<typeStatus id="54848865FFA0652C9E66FF7545C0C48B" box="[341,389,153,179]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">type</typeStatus>
at the NHMUK has foveolate sculpturing on the frons and mesosoma; the
<typeStatus id="54848865FFA0652C9BF8FF7540BEC48B" box="[1227,1275,153,179]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">type</typeStatus>
at the HNHM does not have foveolae but has rugose sculpturing present on the frons and mesosoma; and the
<typeStatus id="54848865FFA0652C9BFEFF5140B8C4EF" box="[1229,1277,189,215]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">type</typeStatus>
at the USNM has smooth sculpturing on the frons and mesosoma. Though all three specimens have rugose sculpturing on the apex of the head around the ocelli, the
<typeStatus id="54848865FFA0652C9D7BFEE946C6C527" box="[584,643,261,287]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">types</typeStatus>
at the HNHM and NHMUK have crenulate sternauli, whereas the
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at the USNM has a smooth sternaulus. It is possible that these differences could be attributed to size, nutrition and other factors, and that they could be the same species, but further evidence is needed to confirm this.
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA0652C9A39FEA1454CC5B3" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1858" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Conostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lativentris">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9A39FEA1454CC5B3" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Conostigmus lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also only known from the Palearctic, whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA0652C9C1CFE9D4789C5B3" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[815,972,369,395]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Megaspilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9C1CFE9D4789C5B3" box="[815,972,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only known from the Nearctic.
</paragraph>
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Both
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9E36FE7945E7C597" box="[261,418,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9EE9FE794628C597" box="[474,621,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are only known from female specimens. Until the discovery of males or more females, or until the five female specimens at the CNC can be further studied, we cannot confirm if
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA0652C9A65FE5544BCC5CF" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1888" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Megaspilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9A65FE5544BCC5CF" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA0652C9E02FE314581C5CF" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[305,452,477,503]" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Conostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lativentris">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9E02FE314581C5CF" box="[305,452,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the same species. We consider them separate species at this time, and we regard
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D44FFA0652C9AB0FE314556C623" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1888" class="Insecta" family="Megaspilidae" genus="Megaspilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9AB0FE314556C623" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">C. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a
<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9E7FFDEE465BC623" box="[332,542,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">species inquirenda</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B94BEAD5FFA0652C9FF4FDC845F2C607" bold="true" box="[199,439,548,575]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Material Examined.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="54848865FFA0652C9E8DFDC9466BC607" box="[446,558,549,575]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
female:
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: USNMENT01339753 (
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).
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