Telmatophilus typhae (Fallén, 1802)

NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Debert, April 21, 1993, J. Ogden (1, NSNR) ; Debert, May 14, 1993, J. Ogden (1, NSNR) ; Debert, May 14, 1993, J. McPhee, funnel trap (1, NSNR) ; Debert, May 21, 1993, J. Ogden, grasses, sweep netting (1, NSNR) ; Masstown, May 6, 1993, J. C. McPhee (1, NSNR) ; Masstown, April 14, 1993, J. Ogden (1, NSNR) ; Cumberland Co.: Amherst, June 24, 1994, J. Ogden (1, NSNR) ; Amherst Marsh, July 24, 1989, J. Ogden, marsh plants, sweep netting (1, NSNR) ; Westchester-Londonderry, July 20, 1992, S. & J. Peck, forest road, car netting (2, JCC) ; Guysborough Co.: Trafalgar, July 19, 1992, S. & J. Peck, car netting (2, JCC) ; Halifax Co.: Conrod Island, July 23, 1986, B. Wright (1, NSMC) ; Inverness Co.: Cheticamp, June 25, 1994, V. Jessome (1, CBU) ; Queens Co.: Medway River, July 13, 1993, J. & T. Cook, car netting (1, JCC) .

Telmatophilus typhae was reported in North America from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Hoebeke and Wheeler (2000) (Fig. 5). The specimens collected by Hoebeke and Wheeler (2000) were from 1995 and 1997. It is an adventive Palaearctic species known in North America only from these three provinces. The above records establish the presence of this species in Nova Scotia, and hence North America, from as early as 1986. In the Palaearctic region it is found throughout Europe and in the Russian Far East, Japan, North Korea, and China. In North America it is found on the male flowers of cattails, Typha latifolia L. and Typha angustifolia L. ( Typhaceae).