Panorpa rupeculana Byers, 1993

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 rupeculana Byers

Panorpa rupeculana Byers, 1993:86 . Pulaski Co., Arkansas, Burns Park, I-40, NW Little Rock

Distribution. AR, LA, MS.

Published Mississippi Records. 5 sites on Map 5, Byers (1993). Byers (1993) includes paratype specimens from Choctaw Co. , milepost 188 Natchez Trace, 6 September 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂. 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 ♂. Lafayette Co., Puskus Lake, 8 miles NE Oxford, 23 May 1978, G.W. Byers, C.W. Young, 1 ♂. Pontotoc Co., 7.5 miles west of Highway 6 and Highway 15, 13 September 1992, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 3 ♀. Tishomingo Co., Locality unknown, 25 May 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂. Webster Co., Natchez Trace Parkway, milepost 211, 6 September 1986, W. Bicha, 2 ♂.

New Mississippi Records. Attala Co., Locality unknown, 25 May 1986, W. Bicha, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Lauderdale Co., 6 miles east of Meridian, 24 May 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Oktibbeha Co., John Star Memorial Forest, 33˚ 21’ 25” N, 88˚ 52’ 17” W, 23 May 1995, D.M. Pollock, 2 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 2 June 1995, D.M. Pollock, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Winston Co., several miles west of Louisville, 17 September 2000, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC).