Merope tuber Newman, 1838

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 : 5

Merope tuber Newman

Merope tuber Newman, 1838:180 . Trenton Falls, New Jersey

Distribution. AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, ON, PA, VA, WS, WV.

Published Mississippi Records. Schiefer (2015) reported this species at five Mississippi sites. Counties in which the species has been collected include Lincoln, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pearl River and Wayne.

New Mississippi Records. None available.

Comments. The records listed by Schiefer (2015) represent the first for the state and document the presence of this unusual species across much of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain. Schiefer and Dunford (2005) recently reported populations of the species in Alabama, and Dunford et al. (2007) and Somma (2011a) reported the species distribution in Florida. Mississippi specimens were collected from early May to mid June ( Schiefer 2015).