Panorpa vernalis 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 : 13

Panorpa vernalis Byers

Panorpa vernalis Byers, 1973:363 . Claiborne Co., Mississippi, Rocky Springs, Natchez Trace Parkway Panorpa vernalis: Byers, 1993:88 . Fall collection records

Panorpa vernalis: Jones, 2010:2 . Texas records and comments on variation

Distribution. AR, LA, MS, TX.

Published Mississippi Records. Byers (1973) includes the holotype ♂, allotype ♀, 18 ♂, 7 ♀ paratypes from the type locality, Claiborne Co., Rocky Springs, Natchez Trace Parkway, 24 April 1972, G.W. Byers, a single female paratype from the same site collected 23 April 1972, and a male paratype specimen collected at the same site on 27 April 1969 by B. Mather. Byers (1993) also records 3 ♂, 2 ♀ collected from the type locality on 23 September 1977.

New Mississippi Records. Claiborne Co., Rocky Springs, 24 April 1981, W. Bicha, 2 ♂, 6 ♀ (WBIC), 1 ♀ (FSCA). Same site, 2 May 1989, W. Bicha, 1 ♀ (FSCA). Same site, 23 April 1994, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Same site, 2 May 1998, W. Bicha, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Same site, 30 October 2010, W. Bicha, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Sand Creek, 29 April 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (FSCA). Hinds Co., Clinton, 8 April 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Same site, 5 May 1980, B. Stark, 1 ♀ (BPSC). Locality unknown, 25 April 1981, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Lafayette Co., Oxford, 2 June 1974, P.H. Darst, 1 ♂ (UMIC). Madison Co., Pearl River Wildlife Management Area, 9 April 2004, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Same location, 15 April 2010, S. Green, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Stone Co., Red Creek, Hwy 15, 9 May 1979, P.K. Lago, 1 ♂ (UMIC). Webster Co., Mile post 211, Natchez Trace Parkway, 6 September 1986, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (FSCA).