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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » anomala species group (Panorpa anomala species group) » Panorpa speciosa
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Scorpionfly 2 - Panorpa speciosa - male
Copyright © 2015 Michael Skvarla

Scorpionfly 2 - Panorpa speciosa - Male
Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, nr Ponca, Newton County, Arkansas, USA
September 11, 2013

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P. braueri? - Panorpa speciosa - male Scorpionfly 2 - Panorpa speciosa - male Scorpionfly 2 - Panorpa speciosa - male Scorpionfly 2 - Panorpa speciosa - male
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Contributed by Michael Skvarla on 22 April, 2015 - 8:14am
Last updated 28 March, 2017 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Panorpa.
… v belov, 28 March, 2017 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

I would label this Panorpa sp
I would label this Panorpa speciosa, although this is as good of an example of the braueri form that I have seen with the two submarginal spots on the wings, the uninterrupted basal bands on the wings, and (thank you very much) the "paint brush-like" ventral parameres of the male genitalia. These two species need to be lumped in my opinion but I have not gotten around to doing it, so this might be placed under Panorpa braueri until then. Very nice photos, and the season and locality are right on for this form.
… Wes Bicha, 27 March, 2017 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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