Bittacus occidentis Walker, 1853

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 : 2

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5353210

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C90C7CD7-1984-44F7-A3CD-47A187F0A2FA

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B0952-FFDD-D81C-1CB0-FE5460E3FB8C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Bittacus occidentis Walker
status

 

Bittacus occidentis Walker View in CoL

Bittacus occidentis Walker, 1853: 469 View in CoL . Erie [Pennsylvania]

Bittacus arizonicus Banks, 1911: 350 . Palmerlee, Arizona, syn. ( Carpenter, 1931)

Distribution. AL, AR, AZ, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA.

Published Mississippi Records. Fig. 46 in Webb et al. (1975) shows Mississippi in the range of this species, but Penny (2013) does not include Mississippi in the states from which records occur.

New Mississippi Records. Oktibbeha Co., Ag. Col., 4 July 1922, H. M. Harris, 1 ♀ (MEMU). Same location, 1920, S.R. Cooley, 1 damaged specimen (MEMU).

Comments. These specimens were identified by G.W. Byers in the 1970s. The first specimen listed is intact and in good condition. The second specimen has pest damage, the left hind wing has an apical crossvein, although the other wings do not, and the abdomen is missing. Numerous bittacid specimens have been collected in the vicinity of Starkville, yet this pair, collected in the 1920’s, are the only B. occidentis specimens known for the state.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mecoptera

Family

Bittacidae

Genus

Bittacus

Loc

Bittacus occidentis Walker

Stark, Bill P., Lago, Paul K., Harrison, Audrey B. & Smith, William E. 2016
2016
Loc

Bittacus arizonicus

Banks 1911: 350
1911
Loc

Bittacus occidentis

Walker 1853: 469
1853
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