Panorpa vulgaris Imhoff & Labram, 1845

Dvořák, Libor, Mariychuk, Ruslan, Manko, Peter, Oboňa, Jozef, Krzemiński, Wiesław & Godunko, Roman J., 2022, Present knowledge on Mecoptera of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 459-483 : 472

11. Panorpa vulgaris Imhoff & Labram, 1845

Published records: Uzhhorod and Mukachevo env. ( Dvořák et al. 2019).

New material examined: 1 ♀, Zakarpatska Region , Mukachivskyi district, near “Pearl of the Carpathians” resort, 48°31’25.8”N 22°52’06.7”E, beer traps in the forest and in trees at the stream, 6.05.2018 – 20.05.2018 ; 3 ♀, ibid, near Latorytsya , 48°31’16.0”N 22°52’13.1”E, beer traps in the garden, by the stream, 6.05.2018 – 20.05.2018 ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Zakarpatska Region , Uzhhorod, 48°39’22.1”N 22°19’50.2”E, beer traps in the garden, apple trees, 1.05.2018 – 31.05.2018 ; ibid, Uzhhorod , 48°39’22.4”N 22°19’52.2”E, beer traps in oak forest (10 meters at the road), 1.05.2018 – 31.05.2018 (1 ♂, 3 ♀), 20.08.2018 – 26.08.2018 (2 ♀); 1 ♀, Klyucharky , forest, 48°24’23.5”N 22°39’39.7”E, beer trap, 13.– 28.07.2020 ; 7 ♂, 12 ♀, Klyucharky , abandoned field, 48°24’23.159”N 22°39’5.414”E, beer trap, 13.– 28.07.2020 ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Klyucharky , abandoned field, 48°24’23.159”N 22°39’5.414”E, beer trap, 27.8.– 11.09.2020 .

Remarks: Penny & Byers (1979) listed this species as a junior synonym of P. communis . Nevertheless, Sauer & Hensle (1977) regarded P. vulgaris as valid, a conclusion widely accepted in recent literature, including the European checklist ( Willmann 2013). Unfortunately, many of the records published before the 1980s under the name P. communis belong in fact to the species P. vulgaris . As was shown by Dvořák et al. (2019) and also here in the new material examined, P. vulgaris is probably common and widespread in Ukraine.Also, part of the material in the SMNH collections presented here as P. communis may belong to P. vulgaris .