Panorpa choctaw 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 : 8

Panorpa choctaw Byers

Panorpa choctaw Byers, 1993:66 . Lee Co., Mississippi, 6 miles S Tupelo, Tombigbee State Park

Distribution. AL, AR, GA, KY, MO, MS, OK, TN.

Published Mississippi Records. 8 sites on Map 3, Byers (1993). Byers (1993) includes the following specimens among the type series. Lee Co., Tombigbee State Park, 6 miles SE Tupelo, 26 September 1977, G.W. Byers, Holotype ♂, allotype ♀, 20 ♂, 18 ♀ paratypes. Additional paratypes: Benton Co., 14 mi S Ashland, 7 September 1986, W. Bicha, 7 ♂. 4 mi SW Troy, 21 September 1974, R. Patterson, 1 ♂. Chickasaw Co., Davis Lake, 11 mi WNW Okalona, 25 September 1977, G.W. Byers, 3 ♂, 4 ♀. Claiborne Co., Rocky Springs, Natchez Trace Parkway, 23 September 1977, G.W. Byers, 3 ♂. Itawamba Co., 2 miles south of Tremont, 13 September 1992, W. Bicha, 1 ♂. Lee Co., Tombigbee State Park, 14 September 1974, R. Patterson, 1 ♀. Natchez Trace Parkway, milepost 276, 6 September 1986, W. Bicha, 3 ♂. Prentiss Co., Booneville, 11 October 1984, S. MacDonald, 1 ♀. Tippah Co., 1 mile S Falkner, 7 September 1986, W. Bicha, 2 ♂. Webster Co., 7 miles W Walthall, 18 October 1987, 1 ♀. 19 October 1990, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂.

New Mississippi Records. Benton Co, 14 miles south of Ashland on highway 5, 7 September 1986, W. Bicha, 8 ♂, 3 ♀ (WBIC). Chickasaw Co., milepost 242 Natchez Trace, 6 September 1986, 2 ♂ (WBIC). Franklin Co., Meadville, 23 November 1978, G. Graves, 1 ♂ (UMIC). Jefferson Co., 3.2 miles W Lorman, 11 October 2007, R. Patterson, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Pontotoc Co., 7.5 miles west of Highway 6 and Highway15, 13 September 1992, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Warren Co., Vicksburg, 8 October 2007, R. Patterson, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Same site, 6 November 2005, R. Patterson, 4 ♂ (MEMU). Winston Co., Tombigbee National Forest, 33˚ 11’ 50” N, 89˚ 03’ 20” W, 1-8 November 1999, pitfall traps in deciduous forest, J. MacGown, T.L. Schiefer, 1 ♂ (MEMU).

Comments. The Franklin Co. record is based on the southwestern-most specimen collected from the state. The apical spine on the dististyle cup is scarcely developed and the ventral parameres, while as long as in typical P. choctaw , lack a setal fringe along the outer margin. Byers (1993) notes the former feature in Arkansas and Oklahoma populations, however the ventral parameres are said to be shorter than those of populations east of the Mississippi River. The specimen was previously determined as P. virginica Banks by Penny.