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TYPE LOCALITY OF EPIDEMIA DORCAS FLORUS (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Charles D. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Calagary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Clifford D. Ferris
Affiliation:
Bioengineering Program, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071

Extract

Following the action taken by Brown (1968), Ferris (1977) in his recent revision of Epidemia dorcas (Kirby) and E. helloides (Boisduval) cited the type locality for E. dorcas florus (W. H. Edwards) as “ ‘Taken on Red Deer River B. Am., by Captain Geddes’ — later restricted by Edwards to ‘Garrett's Ranche, Br. Amer.’; actually Didsbury, just north of Calgary, Alberta.” Brown's action was in part based upon views expressed by McDunnough (1922).

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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