Panorpa anomala Carpenter, 1931

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 : 6-7

Panorpa anomala Carpenter

Panorpa anomala Carpenter, 1931:245 . Leavenworth Co., Kansas

Panorpa proximata Carpenter, 1931:247 . Washington Co., Arkansas, syn. ( Byers 1974)

Distribution. AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, WI.

Published Mississippi Records. Fig. 186 insert map in Webb et al. (1975) includes Mississippi in the range of this species, and Byers (1973) reports 9 specimens collected in Grenada Co., at Grenada, in June 1971, and indicates specimens of P. anomala were abundant at the type locality of P. vernalis in Claiborne Co. in April, 1972, and also present at the same site in September, 1977. Byers (1962a) reported a single male from State College, Oktibbeha Co. 2 May 1959.

New Mississippi Records. Alcorn Co., Locality unknown, 30 May 1982, W. Bicha, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Attala Co., Locality unknown, 25 May 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC). Chickasaw Co., Natchez Trace mile 241.1, 34˚ 00’ 34” N, 88˚ 53’ 48” W, 19-27 May 1992, pitfall trap in deciduous forest, J. MacGown, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Choctaw Co., Choctaw Lake , 2 May 1995, D.M. Pollock, 3 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 26 July 1995, D.M. Pollock, 2 ♂ (MEMU). Claiborne Co., near Rocky Springs, 24 April 1981, W. Bicha, 2 ♀ (FSCA). Same site, 24 April 1981, W. Bicha, 19 ♂, 17 ♀ (WBIC). Same site, 23 April 1994, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC). Same site, 2 May 1998, W. Bicha, 2 ♂ (FSCA), 1♂, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Same site, 24 April 1981, W. Bicha, 2 ♂ (FSCA). Sand Creek, 29 April 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPSC), 1 ♀ (UMIC), 1 ♀ (MEMU). Same site, 15 April 1982, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Grenada Co., Grenada, 10 June 1971, C. Bryson, 1 ♂ (MEMU). T21N, R2E, Sec 12, 13N & R3E, Sec 7S, 18N, 17-23 October, 1991, pitfall trap in woods, G. Snodgrass, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Hinds Co., Clinton, 21 April 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPSC), 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (UMIC), 2 ♀ (FSCA), 1 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 22 April 1980, J. Johnston, B. Sanders, 5 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPSC). Same site, 24 April 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPSC). Same site, 5-6 May 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPSC). Seven Springs Road, 8 April 1982, C. Breazeale, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPSC). Itawamba Co., Natchez Trace mile 280.6, 34˚ 26’ 37” N, 88˚ 31’ 01” W, 19-27 May 2003, pitfall trap in deciduous forest, J. MacGown, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂, 4 ♀ (MEMU). Same site, 27 May 2003, pitfall trap in deciduous forest, J. MacGown, T.L. Schiefer, 5 ♂ (MEMU). Lauderdale Co., 6 miles east of Meridian, 24 May 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Lee Co., Tombigbee State Park, 12 May 1973, R. Patterson, 1 ♀ (MEMU). Neshoba Co., 1.5 miles N Dixon, 9 May 1979, P.K. Lago, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (UMIC). Newton Co., 32.32588˚ N, 88.94093˚ W, 20 May 2011, W. Bicha, 6 ♂ (WBIC). Noxubee Co., S.D. Hamilton Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, Education Center nr Bluff Lake, 33˚ 15’ 52” N, 88˚ 46’ 50” W, 17-19 May 2013, W.L. Grogan, Jr., Malaise trap, 1 ♀ (FSCA). Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, 26 April 1991, F. Zeng, 1 ♀ (MEMU). Same site, 17 May 1991, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 2 May 1999, M.L. Heddle, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Oktibbeha Co., State College, 10 May 1950, W. Smith, 1 ♂ (FSCA). Same site, 5 June 1950, Cothern, 1 ♀ (FSCA). Same site, 4 June 1956, Curtis, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Craig Spring, 6 June 1980, G. Snodgrass, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Dorman Lake, 30 April 1974, C. Bryson, 1 ♀ (FSCA). Scott Co., Locality unknown, 25 April 1981, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Webster Co., milepost 210 Natchez Trace, 6 September 1986, W. Bicha, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Winston Co., Tombigbee National Forest, 33˚ 10’ 20” N, 89˚ 03’ 55” W, 3 May 1999, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Yalobusha Co., CR 330, 25 April 2009, W. Bicha, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC).

Comments. Panorpa anomala is present from late April through early June, and also has a late summer and autumnal emergence at some sites ( Byers 1993). Byers reported fall emergence in Claiborne Co., and we include specimen records from Choctaw County in late July and September and October from Grenada and Webster counties.