Panorpa banksii, Hine, 1901

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 12

banksii Hine, 1901

Panorpa affinis Banks 1895: 315 (♂ description, comparison with nebulosa ); Hine 1901: 247 (changed the name to banksii as name preoccupied by affinis Leach 1815 , a European species).

Holotype ♂ affinis : MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00011266 ]. USA. NY, Nassau Co., Long Island , Sea Cliff, date unknown.

Panorpa banksii Hine 1901: 247–248 (♂ description), fig. 28 (♂ wing); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, new species from NC, NY); Engelhardt 1915: 109 (checklist of species from the eastern US); Aranguren 1987: 100 (description/figures ♂ ♀ incl. genitalia, distribution, first record in Canada [ON], habitat).

Holotype same as affinis Banks , by automatic designation.

Allotype same as banksi Esben-Petersen , by automatic designation.

Panorpa banksi (Misspelling) Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Esben-Petersen 1921: 63 (♂ description based on Hine 1901); Carpenter 1931: 252 (re-description of ♂, comparison with chelata and neglecta , and new record from SC), fig 30 (♂ genital bulb of holotype); Carpenter 1936: 58 (first description of ♀, designation of allotype, differentiation from rufescens and interrupta ), fig 2 (♀ genital plate); Byers 1962b: 306 (new record from IN); Boese 1973: 171 (4th instar larva, general morphology, chaetotaxy, key to species); Byers 1973: 373 (new records from IA, KY, MS); Thornhill & Johnson 1974: 48 (key, distribution and habitat in MI), fig 14 (♂ genital bulb), fig 32 (♀ genital plate), fig 46 (map of distribution in MI); Webb et al. 1975: 296 (description, habitat, distribution), fig 73 (forewing), fig 103 (♂ ninth tergum), fig 104 (♂ genital bulb), fig 105 (♂ ventral paramere), fig 146 (♀ genital plate), fig 170 (distribution); Thornhill 1979: 887 (pair formation pheromones); Thornhill 1980a: 179 (ecological and behavioural interactions of Panorpa in MI woodland); Thornhill 1981: 372 (reproductive behavior); Griffiths 1995: 13 (description, range, susceptibility to trapping methods), fig 6 (forewing), fig 10 (♂ genital bulb), fig 14 (♀ genital plate), fig 32 (distribution within IL); Cheung et al. 2006: 8 (distribution in ON, photos ♂ genital bulb and wing); Stark et al. 2016: 7 (new records within MS).

Allotype ♀: not located [ MCZC]. USA. SC, Pickens Co., Rocky Bottom , 22.v.1934, O.L. Cartwright and J. G. Watts.

Panorpa chelata Carpenter 1931: 251 (♂ and ♀ description, comparison with dissimilis ); Byers 1954: 495 (correction of description); Byers 1974: 23 (as junior synonym of banksii ).

Holotype ♂: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT00016524 ]. USA. MA, Middlesex Co., Holliston , 12-vi-1897, F. H. Sprague. Note that while Carpenter (1931) reported the location as Wollaston, MA, the label reads Holliston, MA . Allotype ♀: UMMZ [ UMMZ-00302167 ], USA. MI, Oakland Co., Birmingham , 10.vii.1927, N. K. Bigelow . Paratypes: AMNH (1♂) , CUIC (1♂) , INHS (1♂) , MCZC (2U), location unknown (4U).

Distribution: Canada; ON. USA; AL*, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, WI.