Panorpa immaculata, Esben-Petersen, 1915

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 23

immaculata Esben-Petersen, 1915

Panorpa immaculata Esben-Petersen 1915: 225 (description); Esben-Petersen 1921: 72 (description), fig 77 (♂ wings), fig 78 (lateral view ♂ abdominal segments), fig 79 (♂ genital bulb); Byers 1954: 497 (absence of wing markings); Byers 1958: 220 (new record from State of México); Byers 1962a: 470 (confirmed syntypes present in NHMUK, designated lectotype); Bicha 2006: 24 (review of the 12 species of Panorpa in México), fig 5 (♂ hypovalve); Byers 2011: 5 fig 12 (genital bulb of ♂ lectotype). No figures of ♀ found.

Lectotype ♂: NHMUK [ NHMUK015105144 ]. Similar to that reported by Byers (1962a) its labels are as follows: white on blue circular “ LECTOTYPE ”, “Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000 ft., July, H. H. Smith ”, “ Panorpa immaculata ♂ Esben Petersen ”, “Type” on a brown strip, white rectangular “Godman-Salvin collection 1913- 214” and a rectangular red Lectotype label placed by G.W. Byers in 1961.

Paralectotype: NHMUK (1♀) .

In MCZC, there is a male specimen labelled #11885, Syntype, Omilteme , Guerrero, México, 8000 ft., July, H.H. Smith .

Distribution: México; Guerrero, State of México.