WORLD CHECKLIST OF EXTANT MECOPTERA SPECIES

Panorpa is the dominant genus of mecopterans, being widely dispersed in Europe, Asia, the eastern USA, and the Nearctic portion of Mexico. Interestingly, they are absent from western USA and Canada. Adults and larvae are carrion feeders. Adults usually rest on understory vegetation in moist, forested habitats. A few species, such as Panorpa nuptialis can be found in more open, grassy habitats. Males of many species have a horn on the sixth abdominal tergite which has been used extensively in separating them into species groups. Most adults have extensive dark pigmentation on the wings, giving them a speckled or banded appearance. One southerneastern USA species, Panorpa lugubris has such extensive pigmentation on both fore and hindwings that they are almost completely jet black. Another species, Panorpa nuptialis from the southcentral USA has bright yellow wings with three bold dark stripes and a red abdomen.

Panorpa	acuminata	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (GA)
Panorpa	acuta	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (CT, GA, KY, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Panorpa	akasakai	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	alpina	Rambur	1842	Europe
= Panorpa	variabilis	Brauer	1857
Panorpa	amamiensis	Miyamoto and Makihara	1984	Japan
Panorpa	americana	Swederus	1787	U.S.A. (AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MS, NJ, NC, SC, VA)
= Panorpa	fasciata	Fabricius	1793
Panorpa	amurensis	MacLachlan	1872	Korea, Russia (Far Eastern Province)
Panorpa	angustistriata	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	annexa	MacLachlan	1869	France, Germany, Sicily, Italy
= Panorpa	ghilianii	MacLachlan	1869
= Panorpa	adnexa (sic)	Navás	1927
Panorpa	annexa latina	Navás	1928	Italy
Panorpa	annexa subalpina	Navás	1928	Italy
Panorpa	annexa etrusca	Willmann	1976	Italy
Panorpa	anomala	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, WS)
= Panorpa	proximata	Carpenter	1931
Panorpa	anrenensis	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	antiporum	Nagler	1968	Romania
Panorpa	apiconebulosa	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	approximata	Esben-Petersen	1915	Korea
Panorpa	arakavae	Miyake	1913	Japan
= Panorpa	galloisi	Navas	1913	(preoccupied)
= Panorpa	navasi	Issiki	1929
Panorpa	arcuata	(Navás)	1912	U.S.S.R.
= Estenalla	arcuata	Navás	1912
Panorpa	aspoecki	Willmann	1973	Turkey
Panorpa	attenuata	Byers	1996	Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
Panorpa	aurea	Cheng	1957	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	azteca	Byers	1958	Mexico (D.F., Mexico)
Panorpa	banksi	Hine	1901	U.S.A. (GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NY, SC)
= Panorpa	affinis	Banks	1895	(preoccupied)
= Panorpa	chelata	Carpenter	1931
Panorpa	babai	Miyamoto	1979	Japan
Panorpa	banksiana	Penny and Byers	1979	U.S.A. (NC, NJ)
= Panorpa	interrupta	Banks	1918	(preoccupied)
Panorpa	baohwashana	Cheng	1957	China (Kiangsu)
Panorpa	bichai	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (IN, TN)
Panorpa	bicornifera	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	bicornuta	MacLachlan	1887	Japan
= Panorpa	magnicauda	Miyake	1910
Panorpa	bifasciata	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	bifida	Carpenter	1935	U.S.A. (OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)
Panorpa	bimacula	Byers	1996	Mexico (Oaxaca)
Panorpa	bistriata	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	bonis	Cheng	1949	China (Kansu)
Panorpa	braueri	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (AR, MO)
Panorpa	brevititilana	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	bunun	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	capillata	Byers	1996	U.S.A. (AL, AR, KY, MS, TN)
Panorpa	carolinensis	Banks	1905	U.S.A. (NC, TN)
Panorpa	carpenteri	Cheng	1957	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	caucasica	MacLachlan	1869	Iran, Iraq
Panorpa	centralis	Tjeder	1936	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	chengi	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	cheni	Cheng	1957	China (Chekiang)
Panorpa	chiensis	Cheng	1953	Korea
Panorpa	choctaw	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (AL, AR, GA, KY, MO, MS, OK, TN)
Panorpa	cladocerca	Navás	1935	China (Kiangsi)
Panorpa	claripennis	Hine	1901	U.S.A. (CT, FL, MA, MI, NH, NY, OH, VT, WS, WV), Canada (PQ)
Panorpa	clavigera	Klapálek	1902	Hercegovina
Panorpa	cognata	Rambur	1842	England, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden
Panorpa	cognata osellai	Willmann	1976	Italy
Panorpa	communis	Linnaeus	1758	Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, England, Spain
= Panorpa	vulgaris	Imhoff and Labram	1845
Panorpa	communis raehlei	Lauterbach	1970	Europe
Panorpa	concolor	Esben-Petersen	1915	Taiwan
Panorpa	confinis	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Panorpa	connexa	MacLachlan	1869	Caucasus Mtns., Turkey
Panorpa	consuetudinis	Snodgrass	1927	U.S.A. (AL, CT, DC, DE, IN, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA)
= Panorpa	elaborata	Carpenter	1931
Panorpa	contorta	Byers	1996	Mexico (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)
Panorpa	coomani	Cheng	1957	China (Kiangsi)
Panorpa	coreana	Okamoto	1925	Korea
Panorpa	cornigera	MacLachlan	1887	Russia (Vladivostok)
Panorpa	curva	Carpenter	1938	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	davidi	Navás	1908	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	debilis	Westwood	1846	U.S.A. (DC, IL, IN, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WS, WV), Canada (ON, PQ)
= Panorpa	canadensis	Banks	1895
Panorpa	deceptor	Esben-Petersen	1913	Taiwan
Panorpa	decolorata	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	diceras	MacLachlan	1894	China (Szechwan)
= Panorpa	grahami	Carpenter	1938
Panorpa	dichotoma dichotoma	Miyamoto	1977	Japan
Panorpa	dichotoma intermedia	Miyamoto	1977	Japan
Panorpa	difficilis	Carpenter	1938	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	dissimilis	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (NJ, NY, VA)
Panorpa	dubia	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	dubitans	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (IL, IN, WS)
Panorpa	emarginata	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	ensigera	Bicha	1983	U.S.A. (NC, SC)
Panorpa	esakii	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	falsa	Issiki and Cheng	1947	Taiwan
Panorpa	ferruginea	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (AL, GA, MS)
Panorpa	filina	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	flavicorporis	Cheng	1957	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	flavipennis	Carpenter	1938	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	flexa	Carpenter	1935	U.S.A. (GA, NC, SC, TN)
Panorpa	floridana	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (FL)
Panorpa	fluvicaudaria	Miyake	1910	Japan, Korea
= Panorpa	kamikotiensis	Issiki	1929
= Panorpa	kirisimaensis	Issiki	1929
Panorpa	fructa	Cheng	1949	China (Sikang)
Panorpa	fukiensis	Tjeder	1951	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	fulvastra	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	galerita	Byers	1962	U.S.A. (NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, WS), Canada (PQ)
Panorpa	galloisi	Miyake	1911	Japan
Panorpa	germanica	Linnaeus	1758	Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Norway
= Panorpa	affinis	Leach	1815
= Panorpa	apicalis	Stephens	1835
= Panorpa	montana	Brauer	1857
= Panorpa	gibberosa	MacLachlan	1869
= Panorpa	ruizi	Navás	1926
= Panorpa	pirioni	Navás	1929
Panorpa	germanica riegeri	Lauterbach	1971	Germany
Panorpa	germanica euboica	Lauterbach	1972	Balkans of southern Europe
Panorpa	germanica graeca	Lauterbach	1972	Greece
Panorpa	germanica rumelica	Lauterbach	1972	Turkey
Panorpa	globulifera	Miyamoto	1994	Japan
Panorpa	gokaensis	Miyake	1910	Japan
Panorpa	gokaensis togephora	Miyamoto	1984	Japan
Panorpa	gracilis	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (NC, VA)
Panorpa	grahamana	Cheng	1957	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	gressitti	Byers	1970	China (Kwangtung)
Panorpa	guidongensis	Chou and Li	1987	China
Panorpa	guttata	Navás	1908	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	hageniana	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	hakusanensis	Miyake	1913	Japan
Panorpa	hamata	Issiki and Cheng	1947	Taiwan
Panorpa	helena	Byers	1962	U.S.A. (AR, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA, WS, WV), Canada (MB)
Panorpa	hispida	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (GA, SC)
Panorpa	hiurai	Miyamoto	1985	Japan
Panorpa	horiensis	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	horni	Navás	1928	Russia
Panorpa	hungerfordi	Byers	1973	U.S.A. (IN, KY, MI, OH, WS)
Panorpa	hybrida	MacLachlan	1882	Romania, Finland, Germany, Russia, Bulgaria
= Panorpa	romanica	Bechet	1955
Panorpa	immaculata	Esben-Petersen	1915	Mexico (Guerrero, Mexico)
Panorpa	implicata	Cheng	1957	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	indivisa	Martynova	1957	eastern Russia
Panorpa	insolens	Carpenter	1935	U.S.A. (KY, OH)
Panorpa	involuta	Byers	1996	Mexico (Veracruz)
Panorpa	ishiharai	Miyamoto	1994	Japan
Panorpa	isolata	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (AL, DC, GA, KY, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN)
= Panorpa	decorata	Carpenter	1931
Panorpa	issikiana	Byers	1970	China (Yunnan)
Panorpa	issikii	Penny and Byers	1979	Taiwan
= Panorpa	acuta	Issiki and Cheng	1949
Panorpa	japonica	Thunberg	1784	Japan
= Panorpa	macrogaster	McLachlan	1867
= Panorpa	klugi	McLachlan	1867
= Panorpa	nihonensis	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	ochracea	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	pulchra	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	rectifasciata	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	sinanoensis	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	drouarti	Navas	1908
= Panorpa	dyscola	Navás	1908
= Panorpa	leucothyria	Navás	1908
= Panorpa	hageni	Navás	1909
= Panorpa	irregularis	Miyake	1910
= Aulops	interrupta	Navás	1913
= Aulops	trisignata	Navas	1913
Panorpa	kagamontana	Miyamoto	1979	Japan
Panorpa	kellogi	Cheng	1957	China
Panorpa	kimminsi	Carpenter	1948	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	kiusiuensis	Issiki	1929	Japan
Panorpa	klapperichi	Tjeder	1951	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	kongosana	Okamoto	1925	Korea
Panorpa	lacedaemonia	Lauterbach	1972	Greece
= Panorpa	germanica corcyraea	Lauterbach	1978
Panorpa	lachlani	Navás	1930	Taiwan
Panorpa	latipennis	Hine	1901	U.S.A. (CT, MA, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, TN, VA, VT, WS)
= Panorpa	longipennis	Banks	1911
Panorpa	leai	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	leucoptera	Uhler	1858	Japan
= Panorpa	nikkoensis	Miyake	1908
Panorpa	lewisi	MacLachlan	1887	Japan
= Panorpa	chuzenjiensis	Miyake	1910
Panorpa	lintienshana	Cheng	1952	Taiwan
Panorpa	longicornis	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (KY, NC, TN, VA)
Panorpa	longiramina	Issiki and Cheng	1947	Taiwan
Panorpa	longititilana	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	lugubris	Swederus	1787	U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA)
= Panorpa	scorpio	Fabricius	1793
Panorpa	lutea	Carpenter	1945	China (Anhwei)
Panorpa	maculosa	Hagen	1861	U.S.A. (CT, GA, MA, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA)
Panorpa	magna	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	mangshanensis	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	meridionalis var. germanizans	Navás	1917	Spain
Panorpa	meridionalis var. liberata	Navás	1917	Spain
Panorpa	meridionalis var. fenestrata	Navás	????	Spain
Panorpa	meridionalis	Rambur	1842	Andorra, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania
Panorpa	mexicana	Banks	1913	Mexico (Veracruz)
Panorpa	mirabilis	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (MI, NJ, NY, PA)
Panorpa	miyakeiella	Miyamoto	1985	1985
Panorpa	mokansana	Cheng	1957	China
Panorpa	mucronata	Byers	1996	Mexico (Hidalgo)
Panorpa	multifasciaria	Miyake	1910	Japan
Panorpa	nanwutaina	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	nebulosa	Westwood	1846	U.S.A. (CT, GA, IL, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WS), Canada (ON, PQ)
Panorpa	neglecta	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (AL, GA, KY, TN)
Panorpa	neospinosa	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	nigrirostris	MacLachlan	1882	Iran, U.S.S.R.
= Panorpa	selysi	Esben-Petersen	1915
Panorpa	nipponensis	Navás	1908	Japan
= Panorpa	brachypennis	Miyake	1908
= Panorpa	obscura	Miyake	1910
= Aulops	dentata	Navás	1913
= Aulops	picea	Navás	1913
= Aulops	valignanii	Navás	1913
= Panorpa	klugi maculata	Miyake	1913
= Panorpa	klugi quadrimaculata	Miyake	1913
Panorpa	nokoensis	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	nuptialis	Gerstaecker	1863	U.S.A. (AL, AR, KS, LA, MS, MO, OK, TX), Mexico
Panorpa	obliqua	Carpenter	1945	China (Kiangsi)
Panorpa	obliquifascia	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	obtusa	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	ochraceocauda	Issiki	1927	Taiwan
Panorpa	ochraceopennis	Miyake	1910	Japan
Panorpa	oconee	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (GA)
Panorpa	okamotona	Issiki	1927	Korea
Panorpa	ophthalmica	(Navás)	1911	Taiwan
= Neopanorpa	ophthalmica	Navás	1911
Panorpa	orientalis	MacLachlan	1887	Korea, Russia
= Aulops	melania	Navás	1912
= Panorpa	sachalinensis	Matsumura	1911
Panorpa	pachymera	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (GA, SC)
Panorpa	pallidimaculata	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	palustris	Byers	1958	U.S.A. (NC, VA)
Panorpa	pectinata	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	penicillata	Byers	1962	Mexico (Durango)
Panorpa	peterseana	Issiki	1927	Taiwan
Panorpa	picta	Hagen	1863	Turkey
Panorpa	pieli	Cheng	1957	China (Kiangsi)
Panorpa	pieperi	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	pingjiangensis	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	planicola	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (SC)
Panorpa	plitvicensis	Lauterbach	1972	Yugoslavia
Panorpa	pryeri	McLachlan	1875	Japan
= Panorpa	bouvieri	Navás	1908
= Panorpa	preyeri major	Miyake	1908
Panorpa	pseudoalpina	Nagler	1970	Romania
Panorpa	punctata	Klug	1838	Mexico
Panorpa	pura	Klapálek	1906	Europe, Asia
Panorpa	pusilla	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	qinlingensis	Chou and Ran	1981	China
Panorpa	quadrifasciata	Chou and Wang	1987	China
Panorpa	ramosa	Byers	1996	Mexico (Hidalgo)
Panorpa	rantaisanensis	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	reclusa	Byers	1996	Mexico (Hidalgo)
Panorpa	reni	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	robusta	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (GA, SC)
Panorpa	rufa	Gray	1832	U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)
Panorpa	rufescens	Rambur	1842	U.S.A. (CT, DC, MA, MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI)
= Panorpa	confusa	Westwood	1846
Panorpa	rufostigma	Westwood	1846	Albania
Panorpa	rupeculana	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (AR, LA, MS)
Panorpa	schweigeri	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	scopulifera	Byers	1993	U.S.A. (GA, SC)
Panorpa	semifasciata	Cheng	1949	China (Sikang)
Panorpa	serta	Byers	1996	Mexico (Michoacan)
Panorpa	setifera	Webb	1974	U.S.A. (WS)
Panorpa	sexspinosa sexspinosa	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	sexspinosa zhongnanensis	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	shanyangensis	Chou and Wang	1981	China
Panorpa	shibatai	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	sibirica	Esben-Petersen	1915	Russia
Panorpa	sigmoides	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (IA, IL, IN, MN, OH, WS)
Panorpa	similis	Esben-Petersen	1915	U.S.S.R.
Panorpa	sonani	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	speciosa	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (IA, IL, IN, KY, MN, MO, WS)
Panorpa	statura	Cheng	1949	China (Shensi)
Panorpa	stigmalis	Navás	1908	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	stotzneri	Esben-Petersen	1934	China (Szechwan)
Panorpa	striata	Miyake	1908	Japan
Panorpa	subambra	Chou and Tong	1987	China
Panorpa	subaurea	Chou and Li	1987	China
Panorpa	subfurcata	Westwood	1842	U.S.A. (MA, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WS, WV), Canada (NS, ON, PQ)
= Panorpa	signifer	Banks	1900
= Panorpa	modesta	Carpenter	1931
Panorpa	submaculosa	Carpenter	1931	U.S.A. (GA, IN, KY, MD, MI, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, WS)
= Panorpa	utahensis	Gurney	1937
Panorpa	subulifera	Byers	1962	U.S.A. (VA)
Panorpa	susteri	Nagler	970	Romania
Panorpa	taiheisanensis	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	taiwanensis	Issiki	1929	Taiwan
Panorpa	takenouchii	Miyake	1908	Japan
Panorpa	tatvana tatvana	Willmann	1974	Turkey
Panorpa	tatvana ressli	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	terminata	Klug	1838	Mexico (Morelos)
Panorpa	tetrazonia	Navás	1935	China (Anhwei, Kiangsi)
Panorpa	thompsoni	Cheng	1957	China, Japan (Tsushima)
Panorpa	thrakica	Willmann	1976	European Turkey
Panorpa	tincta	Navás	1931	China (Kansu)
Panorpa	titschacki	Esben-Petersen	1934	Greece
Panorpa	tjederi	Carpenter	1938	China (Yunnan)
Panorpa	trifasciata	Cheng	1957	China (Fukien)
Panorpa	tritaenia	Chou and Li	1987	China
Panorpa	trizonata	Miyake	1908	Japan
Panorpa	tsunekatanis	Issiki	1929	Japan
Panorpa	tsushimaensis	Miyamoto	1979	Japan
Panorpa	turcica	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	turcica anatolica	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	turcica pontica	Willmann	1975	Turkey
Panorpa	typicoides	Cheng	1949	China (Sikang)
Panorpa	venosa	Westwood	1846	U.S.A. (GA)
Panorpa	vernalis	Byers	1973	U.S.A. (AR, LA, MS)
Panorpa	virginica	Banks	1906	U.S.A. (CT, GA, NC, NJ, SC, TN, VA)
Panorpa	vulgaris	Imhoff and Labram	1845	Europe, Asia
Panorpa	waongkehzengi	Navás	1935	China (Kiangsi)
Panorpa	wormaldi	MacLachlan	1875	Japan
Panorpa	wrightae	Cheng	1957	China
Panorpa	yangi	Chou	1981	China
Panorpa	yiei	Issiki and Cheng	1947	Taiwan
Panorpa	youngi	Byers	1994	Taiwan

Last Update: 31 October 1997

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