Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen)

Stark, Bill P., Lago, Paul K., Harrison, Audrey B. & Smith, William E., 2016, A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta), Insecta Mundi 2016 (469), pp. 1-15 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5353210
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C90C7CD7-1984-44F7-A3CD-47A187F0A2FA
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scientific name	Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen)
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Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen) View in CoL

Bittacus apicalis Hagen, 1861: 248 View in CoL . Southern Illinois

Haplodictyus incertus Navás, 1926:59 . Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, syn. (Carpenter, 1932)

Distribution. AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, NC, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV.

Published Mississippi Records. Webb et al. (1975) in the Fig. 43 inset map shows the species range passing along the northern border of the state. Penny (2013) does not include Mississippi in its known distribution.

New Mississippi Records. Grenada Co., T21N, R2E, Sec 13N, 5 June 1991, J.R. MacDonald, 1 ♂ (MEMU). T21N, R2E, Sec 12, 13N & R3E, Sec 7S, 18N, 5-18 May 1992, Malaise trap, G. Snodgrass, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Pontotoc Co., 1 mile SE Ecru, 2 July 1980, W.H. Cross, 1 ♀ (MEMU).

Comments. This species is recognized by the dark wing tips of the adults, and was not previously reported from the state.

References

Penny, N. 2013. The Mecoptera of North America. California Academy of Sciences, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, San Francisco, CA. (Available at ~ http: // research. calacademy. org / ent / resources / mecoptera / northamerica. Last accessed 23 March 2013).

Webb, D. W., N. D. Penny, and J. C. Marlin. 1975. The Mecoptera, or scorpionflies, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 31: 251 - 316.