Notiphila carinata Loew 1862

Notiphila (Notiphila) carinata Loew

Notiphila carinata Loew, 1862:137.

Notiphila (Notiphila) carinata.—Cresson, 1946:235.

TYPE–MATERIAL.—Holotype female: “Mittel St. (green)/Loew Coll./carinata / Type 11133 (red).” The holotype is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, type number 11133.

DIAGNOSIS.—This species is a member of the loewi group but specimens are not likely to be confused with most of the included species

Thorax: Mesonotum light brown, darker than pleural area, generally immaculate. Mesopleuron with darkened brown spot. Femora (Figure 5) gray with some darkened areas along dorsum; tibiae generally concolorous although front pair slightly darkened, often with darkened preapical spot to ring; tarsi pale, yellow. Setal fascicle of hind basitarsus dark. Wing ratio 1:0.45; costal vein ratio 1:0.55; M1+2 vein ratio 1:0.97.

Abdomen: Abdomen ratio of males 1:0.84; length of fourth tergum to fifth tergum ratio of males 1:1.1; fifth tergum ratio of males 1:0.48. Maculation pattern variable but generally as in most species of the loewi group. Male terminalia as in diagnosis and in Figures 57–58.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED (138).—DELAWARE: Kent Co., Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (CU). INDIANA: Montgomery Co., Crawfordsville (USNM); Tippecanoe Co., La Fayette (ANSP, USNM). KENTUCKY: Spencer Co., Brashear's Creek-near Salt River (MIU). MARYLAND: Montgomery Co., Plummers Island (USNM). NEW YORK: Genesee Co., Bergen (WNM). NORTH CAROLINA: Macon Co., Highlands (CNC). OHIO: Adams Co., Adams Lake (MIU); Butler Co., Four-Mile Creek-near Oxford (MIU); Wayne Co., 0.8 km S Rittman (KSU). VIRGINIA: Fairfax Co., Potomac River at Scott Run (USNM). Washington, D.C. (ANSP, USNM).

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION (Figure 59).—This species is known to occur in the mid Atlantic states between approximately 35° and 45° north latitude and westward into Ohio and Kentucky. Loew's locality label “Mittel St.” is being interpreted as the mid Atlantic states area. Collection dates are from 7 June to 18 September.