Panorpa banksi Hine, 1901

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 : 7

Panorpa banksi Hine

Panorpa banksi Hine, 1901:247 . Sea Cliff, New York

Panorpa affinis Banks, 1895:315 . Preoccupied

Panorpa chelata Carpenter, 1931:251 . Wollaston, Massachusetts, syn. ( Byers 1974)

Distribution. GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NY, SC.

Published Mississippi Records. Recorded from the state by Penny (2013).

New Mississippi Records. Calhoun Co., 13 miles NE Bruce, 6 June 1980, P.K. Lago, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (UMIC). Choctaw Co., Tombigbee National Forest, 18-19 May 1993, L.R. Davis, Jr., 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (FSCA). Locality unknown, 25 May 1986, W. Bicha, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (WBIC). Ballard Creek, 33˚ 30’ 33” N, 89˚ 10’ 51” W, 12 May 2007, W. Bicha, 2 ♂ (WBIC). Grenada Co., Grenada, 10 June 1971, C. Bryson, 1 ♂ (FSCA). T21N, R2E, Sec 12, 13. 10 April 1991, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 14 May 1991, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 10 June 1991, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♀ (MEMU). Hinds Co., Big Creek Road, 32˚ 12.910’ N, 90˚ 20.688’ W, 7 May 2013, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Seven Springs Road, 8 April 1982, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Lafayette Co., Oxford, 1 July 1988, E.B. Lago, 1 ♀ (UMIC). Lauderdale Co., 32.31438˚ N, 88.55678˚ W, 20 May 2011, W. Bicha, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Lee Co., Locality unknown, 30 May 1982, W. Bicha, 2 ♂ (WBIC), 1 ♀ (FSCA). Locality unknown, 25 May 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC). Tombigbee State Park, 25 April 2009, W. Bicha, 5 ♂, 4 ♀ (WBIC). Marshall Co., 5 miles ESE Waterford, 20 May 1993, P.K. Lago, 1 ♂ (UMIC). Neshoba Co., 32.70031˚ N, 89.14657˚ W, 20 May 2011, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC). Newton Co., 6 miles SE Newton, 10 May 1979, P.K. Lago, 1 ♂ (UMIC), abdominal tip missing). Chunky River, several miles west of Chunky, 2 May 1998, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Scott Co., Locality unknown, 25 April 1981, W. Bicha, 1 ♀ (FSCA), 3 ♂, 5 ♀ (WBIC). Simpson Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 472, 7 May 2013, B. Stark, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPSC). Webster Co., The Cove, 7 miles W Walthall, T20N, R8E, Sec 12, 15 June 1988, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Winston Co., Louisville, 3 May 1973, C. Bryson, 1 ♀ (MEMU).Tombigbee National Forest, 33˚ 14’ 28” N, 88˚ 54’ 23” W, 21 May 1999, D.M. Pollock, 1 ♂ (MEMU).

Comments. Mississippi records are from mid April through mid June with a record of a single female collected in Lafayette County on July 1.