7. Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758

Panorpa communis L .: Belke 1859: 83; Dziędzielewicz 1867: 162; 1884: 2; 1891: 48; Wierzejski 1883: 253 [faunistics]; Lezhenina et al. 2009: 98; Chaplygina 2016: 103 [distribution]

Panorpa Communis L [sic!]: Nowicki 1864: 61; 1865: 61 [faunistics]

Panorpa Leopoliensis: Dziędzielewicz 1867: 162 nomen nudum [faunistics]

Panorpa communis Lin.: Nowicki 1867: 118; 1870: 14; Łomnicki 1877a: 147; Majewski 1882: 16; 1885: 1 [faunistics]; Dziędzielewicz 1918: 38 [distribution, ecology]

Panorpa communis: Łomnicki 1877b: 188; Kopytko 2009: 91 [faunistics]

Panorpa Leopoliensis Dziędz. [sic!]: Majewski 1882: 16; 1885: 1 [faunistics]

Panorpa communis . L. [sic!]: Dziędzielewicz 1898: 193 [faunistics]

Panorpa communis Lin. var. diffinis M’L. ( vulgaris Imhoff): Dziędzielewicz 1905: 113 [faunistics]

Panorpa leopoliensis Dz.: Dziędzielewicz 1891: 49 [faunistics]

Panorpa communis Linné: Martynova 1957: 724 [morphology, taxonomy, key, distribution]

Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758: Dvořák et al. 2017: 15 [faunistics, distribution]

Published records: Anheliv, Borshchiv, Buchach, Chornohora, Ciscarpathian region, Drohobych, Dzvenyhorod, Halychyna, Ivano-Frankove, Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Kharkiv, Lviv, Melnytsya-Podilska, Mukachevo, Penyaky, Poland, Siverskyi Donets river in Kharkivska Region, Stanisławów, Ukraine, Uzhhorod, Yaremcha, Zakarpatska Region (Belke 1859; Nowicki 1864, 1865, 1867, 1970; Dziędzielewicz 1867, 1884, 1989, 1891, 1905, 1918; Łomnicki 1877a, 1877b; Majewski 1882 *, 1885 *; Wierzejski 1883; Martynova 1957; Kopytko 2009; Lezhenina et al. 2009; Chaplygina 2016; Dvořák et al. 2017, 2019).

Reviewed material: SMNH collection: 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/02: “ 17.-6.-1907. Worochta.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [17.6.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/03: “ Lwów okolice.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Lviv]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/04: “Chomiak. P. Weredyk. 25.-7.-1907.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [25.7.1907,?]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/05: “Galicja”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Galicia]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/07: “Worochta. Okolice. 2.-8.-1907.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [2.8.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/08: “Janów 31.5.1903 ”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [31.5.1903, Ivaniv]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/09: “Wertełka. 26. V.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [26.5.?, Vertelka]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/10: “Mikuliczyn 31.VII.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [31.7.?, Mykulychyn]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/11: “Worochta. Okolice. 2.-8.-1907.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [2.8.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/12: “Galicja”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Galicia]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/14: “Mikuliczyn. Polonica. 5.-VII”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [5.7.?, Mykulychyn]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/15: “ 7.5.1903 Wulka park.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [7.5.1903,?]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/16: “Worochta. Okolice. 2.-8.-1907.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [2.8.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/17: “Galicja?”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Galicia]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/18: “Mikuliczyn. Polonica. 5.-VII”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [5.7.?, Mykulychyn]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/19: “Worochta. Okolice. 2.-8.-1907.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [2.8.1907, Vorokhta]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/20: “Mikuliczyn. Polonica. 5.VIII.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [5.7.?, Mykulychyn]; 1 ♀, E21.01.01.03/21: “Mikuliczyn. Polonica. 5.-VII”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [5.7.?, Mykulychyn]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/22: “Brzuchowice 23. V.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”.

Other three specimens from SMNH were collected in current territory of Poland labeled as follows: 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/01: “Tatry”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Tatry Mountains?]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/06: “Okolice Warszawy. Zb. Oserloff.”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Warsaw]; 1 ♂, E21.01.01.03/13: “Krzeszowice 4.IX”; “ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758 det. WK”, [?, Krzeszowice].

New material examined: 1 ♂, Zakarpatska Region, Perechyn district, Kamyanetskyi, 48°48’37.4”N 22°28’33.3E ”, sweep netting, 11.08.2015 ; 1 ♂, ibid, Uzh upstream Uzhhorod, 48°36’37.5”N 22°13’49.6”E, sweep netting, 10.08.2015 ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Mukacheve district, 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, 06.05.2018 – 20.05.2018; ibid, Uzhhorod, 48°39’22.1”N 22°19’50.2”E, beer traps in the garden, apple trees, 01.05.2018 – 31.05.2018 (1 ♂); ibid 20.08.2018 – 26.08.2018 (8 ♀); 2 ♂, 3 ♀, ibid, Uzhhorod, 48°39’22.4”N 22°19’52.2”E, beer traps in oak forest (10 meters at the road), 01.05.2018 – 31.05.2018; 1 ♀, Klyucharky, forest, 48°24’23.5”N 22°39’39.7”E, beer trap, 13.– 28.07.2020 ; 7 ♂, 12 ♀, Klyucharky, abandoned field, 48°24’23.159”N 22°39’5.414”E, beer trap, 13.– 28.07.2020 ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Klyucharky, abandoned field, 48°24’23.159”N 22°39’5.414”E, beer trap, 27.8.– 11.09.2020.

Remarks: The species name P. leopoliensis [with author’ remark “ mihi in litt. Lwów (w maju) ”] was used for the first time in the paper published by (Dziędzielewicz 1867: 162) and should be recognized as a nomen nudum. Later, Dziędzielewicz (1891: 49) reported the similarity of P. leopoliensis with P. communis, and opted to not describe the first species because the specimens were soured. In later contribution, Dziędzielewicz (1905: 113) added more information about ecology and distribution of P. leopoliensis in the Gorgany Mountains. Almost four decades later, Farbotko (1929b: 4) suggested the identity of P. leopoliensis and P. communis based on analysis of J. Dziędzielewicz’s publication from 1891.

In Majewski (1882, 1885) a few different species of Panorpa most probably are treated under the single species name P. communis . The record from Kamyanets-Podilskyi in Dziędzielewicz (1891) is published based on Belke (1859).

It is probable that many older records, as well as part of the material in this work from SMNH, belong to P. vulgaris (see comments under that species).