Panorpa nuptialis, Gerstaecker, 1863

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 30-31

nuptialis Gerstaecker, 1863

Panorpa nuptialis Gerstaecker 1863: 187 (description ♀); Hine 1901: 246 (♂ description), fig 2 (♂ wing), fig 26 (♂ wing), fig 33 (♂ genital bulb); Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Esben-Petersen 1921: 60 (description, reference to 1♂, 1♀ in the Selys Collection, from an unspecified location in México); Carpenter 1931: 227 (description, ♂ allotype designation), fig 8 (♂ genital bulb), fig 42 (♀ genital plate), fig 77 (forewing); Smith 1934: 142 (presence in KS); Byers 1954: 499 (refers to Esben-Petersen); Byers 1958: 220 (new record from OK); Byers 1963: 142 (description of immature stages and comparison to other species); Gassner 1963: 142 (lab observations of mating behaviour, egg deposition, hatching, differentiation among instars); Hepburn 1969: 721 ( nuptialis represented Panorpidae in study of the musculo-skeletal system of the Mecopteran head), fig 10 (head and maxilla), fig 15 (labium), figs 18 and 20 (antennal connection with head); Hepburn 1970: 801 ( nuptialis and lugubris represented Panorpidae in study of the musculo-skeletal system of the Mecopteran thorax), fig 17 (5 th tarsomere and pretarsus); Gassner et al. 1972: 1302 (description of spermatozoa); Boese 1973: 177 (4th instar larva, general morphology, chaetotaxy, key to species), fig 24 (dorsal view head), fig 25 (prothorax), fig 26 (ninth abdominal segment), fig 27 (10 th abdominal segment); Byers 1973: 373 (new record from AL); Webb et al. 1975: 292 (description, habitat, distribution), fig 68 (forewing), fig 91 (♂ genital bulb), fig 92 (♂ ninth tergum), fig 142 (♀ genital plate), fig 165 (distribution); Byers & Thornhill 1983: 208 (absence of filament network on egg chorion, adult feeding behaviour); Byers 1988: 27 (hypothesis of Mexican origin for related species nuptialis , rufa , lugubris ); Byers 1993: 62 (habitat and distribution), map 1 (distribution); Lindgren et al. 2010: 1 (nuptialis feeding on corpse); Lindgren et al. 2015: 146 ( nuptialis feeding on corpse); Stark et al. 2016: 11 (new records within MS); Flint, et al. 2020: 6 (key), 14 (discussion, location likely mislabeled), fig 39 (wings), fig 63 (♂ genital bulb); Keiper & Ivanov, 2020: 302 ( nuptialis feeding at carcasses); Wang & Hua, 2021: 545 (morphological evidence for polyphyly of Panorpa ).

Holotype ♀:Apparently lost. Carpenter (1931) reported the holotype collected by Friedrich in TX was deposited at Griefswald University, Germany. However, Byers (1962a) searched Griefswald University and Humboldt Museum in Berlin, both locations where Gerstaecker had worked, and concluded the specimen was lost. Allotype ♂: MCZC [ MCZ-ENT 00793727]. USA. TX, Dallas, 15.x, C. R. Jones.

Distribution: México; Federal District*. This represents the first published record of P. nuptialis in México since referenced in the Selys Collection ( Esben-Petersen, 1921). Whether the sighting represents an established population is not known. USA; AL, AR, GA*, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK, TX.