Panorpa subfurcata, Westwood, 1841

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 36-37

subfurcata Westwood, 1841

Panorpa subfurcata Westwood 1841: 191 (description); Walker 1852: 464 (description); Hagen 1861: 244 (description); Banks 1892: 362 (NA species list, subfurcata found in Canada); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, distribution described as NS); Engelhardt 1915: 109 (checklist of species from the eastern US, new records from NH, VT); Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Frost & Brown 1955: 56 (PA checklist); Byers 1962a: 472 (designated lectotype), fig 3 (♂ genital bulb); Byers 1973: 373 (new record from WV); Thornhill & Johnson 1974: 50 (key, distribution and habitat in MI), fig 8 (♂ genital bulb), fig 31 (♀ genital plate), fig 56 (MI distribution map); Webb et al. 1975: 300 (description, habitat, distribution), fig 79 (forewing), fig 115 (♂ genital bulb), fig 116 (♂ ventral paramere), fig 117 (♂ ninth tergum), fig 153 (♀ genital plate), fig 175 (distribution); Aranguren 1987: 109 (description/figures ♂ and ♀ incl. genitalia, distribution, habitat); Byers 1988: 27 (hypothesis of northern Appalachian origin related species subfurcata , subulifera , longicornis , carolinensis ); Pothier 1997: 1 (presence in QC); Cheung et al. 2006: 10 (distribution in ON, photos ♂ genital bulb and wing); Flint 2013: 130 (comparison ♂ genitalia to longicornis and subulifera ), fig 18 (♂ dististyle and apex of ventral paramere); Somma 2011: 61 (corrected date of Westwood publication); Somma 2012: (confirmation of corrected date); Flint, et al. 2020: 7 (key), 14 (VA seasonal and locality records), fig 41 (wings), fig 65 (♂ genital bulb), map 29 (distribution in VA); Handfield & Handfield 2020: 442 (one specimen reported by Walker 1852 was from Martin’s Falls, ON, about 51.30 N, 86.20 W).

Lectotype ♂: NHMUK [# NHMUK 015055235 ], white on blue “ LECTOTYPE ”, white circular “49.b N. Scot. ”, a holotype label (believed by Byers (1962a to have been in error as there had never been a published designation of types), and red rectangular “ LECTOTYPE Panorpa subfurcata Westwood ♂, George W. Byers 1961”.

Paralectotypes: NHMUK (2♂, 1♀) .

Panorpa signifer Banks 1900: 251 (description); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, distribution described as eastern US); Banks 1908: 153 (NC species list); Sherman 1908: 53 (mid-season species in NC); Engelhardt 1915: 109 (checklist of species from the eastern US); Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Esben-Petersen 1921: 68 (description), fig 73 (♂ genital bulb); Byers 1954: 501 (new record from VA); Frost & Brown 1955: 56 (PA checklist); Byers 1962a: 472 (as junior synonym of subfurcata ).

Holotype ♂: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00011272 ]. USA. MI, Gaylord , 19.vii.1894, R.H. Pettit.

Allotype ♀: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00640596 ]. USA. MA, Berkshire Co., Pittsfield , 10.viii.1930.

Panorpa modesta Carpenter 1931: 233 (♂ description, comparison with interrupta and signifer ), fig 14 (♂ genital bulb); Byers 1954: 499 (new records from PA), fig 9 (♂ genital bulb); Byers 1974: 24 (as junior synonym of subfurcata ).

Holotype ♂: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00016514 ]. USA. MI, Douglas Lake , viii.1927, L. K. Gloyd.

Published misidentifications: Byers (1962a) concluded that the specimens identified as signifer in Hine 1901: 244, figs. 8, 12, 25, 30; Esben-Petersen 1921: 69, fig 73; and Carpenter 1931: 228, fig 9; were an unnamed species. These became galerita Byers 1962a: 472 .

Distribution: Canada; MB, NB, NS, ON, PI, QC. USA; CT, GA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV.