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"Tp.2I,Pge.12, W 4 Mer." British Columbia: Radium Hot Springs (not<br />

on map). Manitoba: Aweme, Ninette, Stonewall, and Victoria Beach.<br />

New Brunswick: Boiestown Island and French Lake. Newfoundland:<br />

Lomond. Nova Scotia: Annapolis Royal and Digby County. Ontario:<br />

Merivale, Norway Point, and Toronto. Quebec: Compton (Mount<br />

Megantic), Duparquet, Kazabazta, Knowlton, Mascanin, and North<br />

Hatley. Saskatchewan: 2 miles north <strong>of</strong> "Burstall Dunes."<br />

Comments. This species is in the subgenus Trichapion.. Adults<br />

may be distinguished by characters given in the key. The larvae <strong>of</strong> this<br />

species are known to complete their development in the flower clusters<br />

<strong>of</strong> paper birch (Betula papyrifero) within approximately 1 month <strong>of</strong><br />

hatching and pupate within the clusters. Adults feed on the leaves <strong>of</strong><br />

birch. Kissinger (1959) designated the lectotypes <strong>of</strong> A. walshii and<br />

A. uicinum.<br />

Map 24. Collection localitiee <strong>of</strong> Apion simile (l) and A. spuuliferurn (O).<br />

Apion speculiferum Fall<br />

Fig. 134; Map 24<br />

Apion speculiferum Fall, 1927 L40 (holotype, Medicine Hat, Alta.;<br />

MCZ); Kissinger 1968:146; O'Brien and Wibmer 1982:27.<br />

Description. Length 1.8-2.3 mm. Body slender, very dark<br />

reddish black; legs and antenna slighter lighter. Pubescence consisting<br />

<strong>of</strong> white, very fine, moderately long, sparse scales. Frons 1.0 (female) to<br />

1.3 (male) times wider than dorsal tip <strong>of</strong> rostrum, with numerous,<br />

shallow, fine, longitudinal sulci. Rostrum <strong>of</strong> male moderately curved,I.2<br />

times longer than pronotum; sides, in dorsal view, slightly converging in<br />

apical third, rather strongly expanded at antennal insertion, distinctly<br />

136

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