Panorpa alpina Rambur, 1842

Dvořák, Libor, Mariychuk, Ruslan, Manko, Peter, Oboňa, Jozef, Krzemiński, Wiesław & Godunko, Roman J., 2022, Present knowledge on Mecoptera of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 459-483 : 467-468

5. Panorpa alpina Rambur, 1842

Panorpa alpina Rambur, 1842: 330

Panorpa Variabilis Brauer [sic!]: Nowicki 1864: 61; 1865: 61 [faunistics]

Panorpa variabilis Brauer : Dziędzielewicz 1867: 162 [faunistics]

Panorpa alpine Rbr. [sic!]: Majewski 1882: 16; 1885: 1; Dziędzielewicz 1883: 4; 1891: 47; Wierzejski 1883: 253 [faunistics]

Panorpa alpina Ramb. : Dziędzielewicz 1905: 112 [distribution, ecology]

Aulops alpina Ramb. ( Panorpa alpina Ramb. ) [sic!]: Dziędzielewicz 1918: 39 [distribution, ecology; Aulops in generic rank]; Farbotko 1929a: 3 [distribution, ecology]

Taxonomic remarks: P. pseudoalpina was described by Nagler (1970) from Romania, and no records were published from other countries. Ward (1979) synonymised Panorpa variabilis Brauer, 1857 , Panorpa antiporum Nagler, 1968 , Panorpa pseudoalpina Nagler, 1970 , Panorpa pura Klapálek 1906 , Panorpa susteri Nagler 1970 , and Panorpa plitvicensis Lauterbach, 1972 with P. alpina . This synonymy was not accepted by Willmann (2013) who treated P. pseudalpina as a subspecies of P. alpina . In this paper, we are following Ward’s results, as no scientific paper with contradictory opinion was published. On the other hand, WK found in SMNH collection several specimens which are in agreement with Nagler’s description of P. pseudoalpina . As the authors have insufficient material to study the variability in P. pseudoalpina and P. alpina in Ukraine, a conclusion regarding the identity of the specimens presented here cannot be made. The records are kept separate from the P. alpina records for other experts who may wish to carry out comparative studies.

Published records: Angeliv, Anheliv, Anheliv, Bibrka, Buchach [Hai Buchatski], Buchach, Carpathians, Chomyak, Ciscarpathian region, Dnister, Hai Buchatski, Ivano-Frankove, Kolomyya, Lisna Slobidka, Lviv and Mykulychyn vicinities, Molodyatyn, Nezvysko, Peremyshlyany, steppic part of Podillya Region, mountain and premontane regions of the Carpathians, Ustechko, Varatyk near Pechenizhyn and south of Kolomyya, Yaremcha, Zubra near Lviv ( Nowicki 1864, 1865; Dziędzielewicz 1867, 1883, 1891, 1905, 1918; Majewski 1882, 1885; Wierzejski 1883; Farbotko 1929a).

Reviewed material: SMNH collection: 1 ♀, E21.01.01/01: “Czornohora. Foreszczynka. 1.- VI.-1909. zeb. Fiarowicz”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [1.6.1909, Chornohora]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/02: “Subrawka (koło Kołomyi) 14.VII.1907.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [14.7.1907, Kolomyya]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/03: “Słobódka leśna. 25. V.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”; 1 M, E21.01.01/04: “Wertełka. 26. V.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [25.5.?, Lisna Slobidka]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01/05: “Słbódka leśna. 25. V.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/06: “Worochta. Okolice. 6.-6.-1908.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [6.6.1908, Lisna Slobidka]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01/07: “Subrawka (koło Kołomyi) 14.VII.1907.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [14.7.1907, Kolomyya]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/09: “ Lwów. Park stryjski 6.-VII.-1906.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [6.7.1906, Lviv]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/10: “Korzelice 17. V.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [17.5.?, Korelychi]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/12: “Zubra.—7. VI.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [7.6.?, Zubra near Lviv]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/13: “Słobódka leśna 25. V.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [25.5.?, Lisna Slobidka]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/14: “ 17.-6.-1907. Worochta.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [17.6.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01/15: “Janów. 14.VII.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [14.7.?, Ivaniv]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/16: “Galicja”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [?, Galicja Wschodnia]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/17: “Hołosko”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK” [?, Holosko].

Other two specimens from SMNH were collected in current territory of Poland labelled as follow: 1 ♀, E21.01.01/08: “Tatry”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det.WK”, [Tatry Mountains?,?]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01/11: “Tatry”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) alpina Rambur, 1842 det. WK”, [Tatry Mountains?,?].

Reviewed material: Material identified as Panorpa pseudoalpina in SMNH collection: 1 ♂, E21.01.01.06/01: “ 17.-6.-1907. Worochta.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) pseudoalpina Nagler det. WK”, [17.6.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.06/02: “Worochta. Okolice. 6.-6.-1908.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) pseudoalpina Nagler det. WK”, [6.6.1908, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.06/03: “ 17.-6.-1907. Worochta.”; “ Panorpa (Aulops) pseudoalpina Nagler det. WK”, [17.6.1907, Vorokhta].

New material examined: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Zakarpatska Region , Perechynskyi district , Voevodyn, Turya Polyana, 48°47’7.82”N 22°50’42.45”E, sweep netting, 27.05.2016 ; 1 ♂, ibid, Voevodyn , 48°46’22.3”N 22°52’30.8”E, sweep netting, 27.05.2016 ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Mukachivskyi district , 48°30’51.9”N 22°51’24.4”E, beer traps in the forest and in trees at the stream, 6.05.2018 – 20.05.2018 ; 1 ♀, ibid, near “ Pearl of the Carpathians ” resort, 48°31’25.8”N 22°52’06.7”E, beer traps in the forest and in trees at the stream, 6.05.2018 – 20.05.2018 ; 1 ♂, 5 ♀, ibid, near Latorytsya, 48°31’16.0”N 22°52’13.1”E, beer traps in the garden, by the stream, 6.05.2018 – 20.05.2018 .

Remarks: Majewski (1885) reported this species based on citations of previous papers published by Dziędzielewicz (1867, 1877, 1883), Nowicki (1864, 1865) and Wierzejski (1883). This species, as well as other representatives of the genus Panorpa (e.g. P. communis , P. cognata and P. germanica ), was also reported from the Western Carpathians by Dziędzielewicz (1911). Mocsáry (1875: 177) recorded P. alpina from Humenné [orig. Homonna] and Vihorlat [current territory of Slovakia], close to the border of Ukraine.