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Pseudopanurgus parvus (Robertson, 1892)

Properties

Scientific Name: Pseudopanurgus parvus (Robertson, 1892)

Common Name: Pseudopanurgus parvus

Taxonomy

Calliopsis parvus Robertson, 1892: 273 [♀,♂‚]

     Lectotype ♀. [designated by W.E. LaBerge, in Webb 1980: 108]. USA, Illinois, Carlinville, 28 May 1891, by C. Robertson, on Monarda bradburiana [INHS, Robertson no. 11153]

Pseudopanurgus gerardiae Crawford, 1932: 77 [♂‚,♀] [synonymy by Mitchell 1960: 277]

     Syntypes ♂‚,♀. USA, North Carolina, Bryson City, 26-27 Aug; 7 Sept 1923, by J.C. Crawford, on Gerardia tenuifolia [USNM no. 40311]

Pseudopanurgus stevensi Crawford, 1932: 78 [♂‚,♀] [synonymy by Timberlake 1975: 40]

     Syntypes ♂‚,♀. USA, North Dakota, Lucca, 16 Jul 1913, by O.A. Stevens, on Lactuca pulchella [USNM no. 40312]

Panurginus borealis Cockerell, 1937 33 [♀] [synonymy of P. stevensi Crawford by Timberlake 1964: 25; of P. parvus Robertson, Timberlake 1975: 40]

     Holotype ♀. CANADA, Alberta, Edmonton, 12 Aug 1933, by E.C. Strickland [CNC no. 4174]

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Monarda sp., Sinapis arvensis, Cirsium undulatum, Agalinis tenuifolia, Mulgedium pulchellum, Ratibida columnifera

Distribution: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains, Prairie

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