Panorpa nebulosa, Westwood, 1841

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 29-30

nebulosa Westwood, 1841

Panorpa nebulosa Westwood 1841: 188 (♀ description); Walker 1852: (description); Hagen 1861: 243 (♂ description); Provancher 1877: 211 (description); Brodie & White 1883: 65 (checklist of the Dominion of Canada); Banks 1892: 362 (NA species list, nebulosa found in DC, MA, NY); Banks, 1895: 315 (comparison with affinis ); Smith 1900: 59 (present in NJ); Hine 1901: 247 (description of wing), fig 21 (forewing); Sherman 1908: 52 (early 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: 61 (description), fig 66 (♂ genital bulb); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, distribution described as “eastern US ”); Banks 1908: 153 (NC species list); Britton 1920: 30 (checklist for CT); Carpenter 1931: 249 (description), fig 35 (♂ genital bulb), fig 65 (♀ genital plate), fig 86 (forewing); Carpenter 1939: 164 (new record from TN); Byers 1954: 499 (new records from GA, KY, VA, QC), fig 4 (♀ genital plate); Frost & Brown 1955: 56 (PA checklist); Byers 1962a: 470 (confirmation ♀ holotype at NHMUK); Byers 1962b: 303 (♀ subgenital plate, comparison with maculosa ), fig 10–13 (subgenital plates); Boese 1973: 177 (4th instar larva, general morphology, chaetotaxy, key to species), fig 19 (metathorax), fig 20 (first abdominal segment), fig 21 (eighth abdominal segment), fig 22 (eye), fig 23 (antenna); Thornhill & Johnson 1974: 50 (key, distribution and habitat in MI), fig 11 (♂ genital plate), fig 29 (♀ genital plate), fig 54 (map of distribution in MI); Webb et al. 1975: 298 (description, habitat, distribution), fig 75 (forewing), fig 108 (♂ genital bulb), fig 109 (♂ ventral paramere), fig 149 (♀ genital plate), fig 172 (distribution); Thornhill 1979: 887 (pair formation pheromones); Thornhill 1980a: 180 (ecological and behavioural interactions of Panorpa in MI woodland); Thornhill 1981: 372 (reproductive behavior); Aranguren 1987: 93 (description/figures ♂ ♀ including genitalia, distribution, habitat); Byers 1988: 27 (hypothesis of Asian origin for related species nebulosa , acuta , flexa ); Pothier 1997: 1 (presence in QC); Misof et al. 2000: 77 (mtDNA evidence for polyphyly of Panorpa ); Cheung et al. 2006: 10 (distribution in ON, photos ♂ genital bulb and wing); Flint 2013: 123 (comparison with flexa ), fig 10–11 (♂ dististyles, ventral parameres); Somma 2011: 61 (corrected date of Westwood publication); Somma 2012: (confirmation of corrected date); Bicha et al. 2015: 591 (comparison with acuta , cryptica , flexa ), fig 8 (photo basistyle apices); Manwaring et al. 2016: 201 (evidence of monochromatic vision); Flint, et al. 2020: 7 (key), 13 (VA seasonal and locality records), fig 37 (wings), fig 61 (♂ genital bulb), map 26 (distribution in VA).

Holotype ♀: NHMUK [# NHMUK 015105064 ]. As described by Byers (1962a) and confirmed by a recent photo the labels include white on red circular “ Holotype ”, white rectangular “ E. Doubleday, Trenton Falls , NY”, white circular label “39-11-16-569”, and “ Panorpa nebulosa, Westw. Trans Ent Soc IV. 188”.

Distribution: Canada; NS, ON, QC. USA; AL*, CT, DC, GA, IL, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN*, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV*.