Panorpa claripennis, Hine, 1901

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 15

claripennis Hine, 1901

Panorpa claripennis Hine 1901: 252 (description), fig 14 (wing), fig 36 (lateral view ♂ terminal abdominal segments); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, new species from Canada); Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Esben-Petersen 1921: 70 (description); Carpenter 1931: 248 (description, designated ♀ allotype, new records from NH, VT, NY, CT, MI), fig 39 (genital bulb of ♂ holotype), fig 47 (genital plate of ♀ allotype), fig 85 (forewing); Carpenter 1932: 149 (new records from MA, OH); Frost & Brown 1955: 56 (PA checklist); Byers 1958: 220 (new record from FL); Byers 1973: 373 (new records from WI, WV); Thornhill & Johnson 1974: 48 (key, distribution and habitat in MI), fig 13 (♂ genital bulb), fig 35 (♀ genital plate), fig 47 (map of distribution in MI); Webb et al. 1975: 304 (description, habitat, distribution), fig 83 (forewing), fig 130 (♂ genital bulb), fig 131 (♂ ventral paramere), fig 159 (♀ genital plate), fig 180 (distribution); Thornhill 1979: 887 (pair formation pheromones); Thornhill 1980a: 180 (ecological and behavioral interactions of Panorpa in MI woodland); Thornhill 1981: 372 (reproductive behavior); Aranguren 1987: 154 (description and figures ♂ ♀ incl. genitalia, distribution, habitat, new record from ON); Pothier 1997: 1 (presence in QC); Cheung et al. 2006: 8 (distribution in ON, photos ♂ genital bulb and wing); Flint, et al. 2020: 7 (key), 9 (new records from VA, seasonal and locality records), fig 24 (wings), fig 48 (♂ genital bulb), map 13 (distribution in VA).

Holotype ♂: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00011269 ]. Canada. QC, Sherbrooke, P.A. Bégin.

Allotype ♀: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00598614 ]. USA. VT, Mount Equinox , 5.vi.1910, C.W. Johnson.

Distribution: Canada; ON, QC. USA; CT, MA, MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, VA, VT, WI, WV. As per the discussion by Somma & Dunford (2009b:3) the specimen from FL referred to in Byers (1958) was likely mislabeled.