Panorpa rufa Gray, 1832

Stark, Bill P., Lago, Paul K., Harrison, Audrey B. & Smith, William E., 2016, A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta), Insecta Mundi 2016 (469), pp. 1-15 : 12

Panorpa rufa Gray

Panorpa rufa Gray, 1832:323 . Georgia

Distribution. AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC.

Published Mississippi Records. Two sites on Map 2, Byers (1993). These plots are probably based on the specimens in the MEMU identified by Byers from these locations. George Co., 4.5 miles NNW Lucedale, T1S, R6W, Sec 6 SE, 29-30 October 1989, T.L. Schiefer. Jasper Co., 2 miles SE Paulding, T2N, R12E, Sec 13 NE, 30 October 1989, T.L. Schiefer.

New Mississippi Records. None available.

Comments. Byers (1993) comments on the elusiveness of this species and notes it is known from only 18 total sites, all in the southeastern United States. In Florida they recently have been collected from upland xeric habitat ( Somma et al. 2014, L. Somma personal communication 2014). The only state records are from specimens collected in late October.