Panorpa rufa, Gray, 1832

Dickson, Kathryn, 2024, Catalogue of the Family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) in Canada, México and the United States, Zootaxa 5559 (1), pp. 1-63 : 34

rufa Gray, 1832

Panorpa rufa Gray 1832: 323 (description), fig 2 plate 105 (♂ in habitus); Klug 1836: 105 (mistaken synonymy of fasciata and rufa ); Westwood 1841: 188 (description, and concluded that Klug’s 1836 sample comprised several species); Walker 1852: 461 (description); Hagen 1861: 242 (description); Banks 1892: 362 (NA species list, rufa found in GA); Hine 1901: 246–247 (description); Banks 1904: 171 (description); Banks 1907: 33 (updated NA species list, known range described as “southern states”); Banks 1908: 154 (NC species list); Sherman 1908: 53 (late season species in NC); Esben-Petersen 1915: 224 (list of American species); Esben-Petersen 1921: 58 (description), fig 65 (♂ genital bulb); Carpenter 1931: 226 (description), fig 7 (♂ genital bulb), fig 43 (♀ genital plate), fig 78 (forewing); Cole & Gillespie 1950: 84 (new record from TN); Byers 1954: 500 (new records from AL, FL); Byers 1962a: 471 (verification of specimens in the British Museum); Byers 1988: 27 (hypothesis of Mexican origin for related species nuptialis , rufa , lugubris ); Byers 1993: 64 (habitat, distribution), fig 6–7 (♂ aedeagal complex), map 2 (distribution); Somma Dunford 2008: 4 (distribution in FL); Somma & Dunford 2009a: 2 (new records from FL); Somma & Dunford 2009b: 1 (comparison with lugubris ); Stark et. al. 2016: 12 (records in MS); Bicha et al. 2020: 1003 (unusual collecting method).

Lectotype ♂: NHMUK [# NHMUK 015105065 ], white on blue circular label “ LECTOTYPE ”, rectangular white “ Georgia ”, rectangular white “ Panorpa rufa G R Gray, Griff A. K. Ins t 105 f 2, P. fasciata Klug Mon. 25”, and red rectangular “LECTOTPYE ♂ Panorpa rufa Gray, G. W. Byers 1961 ”.

Paralectotype ♀: NHMUK [# NHMUK 015105066 ], white on green circular label “ PARALECTOTYPE ”, white rectangular “ Georgia ”, white rectangular “Brit. Mus. 1963-422”, white rectangular “ One of Walkers series so named P rufa ” .

Distribution: USA; AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC.