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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » subfurcata species group (Panorpa subfurcata species group) » Panorpa subfurcata

Species Panorpa subfurcata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Scorpionfly - Panorpa subfurcata - male Scorpionfly - Panorpa subfurcata Scorpionfly - Panorpa subfurcata - female Panorpa subfurcata Scorpionfly - Panorpa subfurcata - male Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa - Panorpa subfurcata - male Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa - Panorpa subfurcata - male Panorpa subfurcata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)
Family Panorpidae (Common Scorpionflies)
Genus Panorpa
No Taxon (subfurcata species group)
Species subfurcata (Panorpa subfurcata)
Explanation of Names
Panorpa subfurcata Westwood 1842
Identification
wing background clear, crossveins not margined; apical band dark brown, broad anteriorly and narrowed posteriorly, sometimes interrupted with clear spots; pterostigmal band brown, continuous and usually forked; marginal spots variable (1)
Range
ne. US & se. Canada (NS-ME-ON-MN-VA)(2)(1)
Season
May-Aug(3); Jun-Sep in ON(1)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Works Cited
1.Mecoptera of Ontario
Cheung D.K.B., Marshall S.A., Webb D.W. 2006. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 1, 28.
2.World checklist of extant Mecoptera species
3.Penny N.D. (-2014) The Mecoptera of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 January, 2008 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2012 - 6:23pm

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