Panorpa, Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 9

Panorpa con fi nis Byers

Panorpa confinis Byers, 1993:80 . Hale Co., Alabama, Payne Lake, 24 miles SE Tuscaloosa

Distribution. AL, MS.

Published Mississippi Records. Two sites are shown on Map 5 in Byers (1993) and he includes paratype specimens of the species from Choctaw Co., Ackerman , 24 September 1977, G.W. Byers, 3 ♀, and from Oktibbeha Co., State College, 16 November 1981, W.H. Cross, 1 ♀. Same site, 20 April 1950, R. Humphrey, 1 ♀. Same site, 10 April 1961, J. Boyd, 1 ♀. Same site, 24 June 1961, M.J. Wade, 1 ♀.

New Mississippi Records. Choctaw Co., Choctaw Lake , 2 May 1995, D.M. Pollock, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Lauderdale Co., Hwy 80 at Pineforest Road, 32˚ 19’ 31” N, 88˚ 55’ 10” W, 13 May 2007, W. Bicha, 1 ♂ (WBIC). Neshoba Co., 32.70031˚ N, 89.14657˚ W, 20 May 2011, W. Bicha, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (WBIC). Newton Co., 32.32588˚ N, 88.94093˚ W, 20 May 2011, W. Bicha, 2 ♂, 4 ♀ (WBIC). Chunky River, several miles west of Chunky, 2 May 1998, W. Bicha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (WBIC). Oktibbeha Co., Craig Spring, 16 November 1981, W.H. Cross, 1 ♂ (MEMU). Simpson Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 472, 7 May 2013, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC). Merit Water Park, Hwy 43, 7 May 2013, B. Stark, 1 ♂ (BPSC).

Comments. As Byers (1993) notes, the flight period of this species includes the spring months of April through June and fall months of September through November.