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

Species Panorpa latipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (dissimilis species group)
Species latipennis (Panorpa latipennis)
Explanation of Names
Panorpa latipennis Hine 1901
Identification
wing ground color clear, crossveins margined; apical band broken, with pale brown and clear spots; pterostigmal band broad anteriorly, narrow posteriorly, interrupted by clear spots (such as large oval spot near costa); marginal spots absent(1)(2)
Range
ne. US (NH-WI-TN-NC)(3)(4) & so. ON(1)
Season
May-Jul(5)
Internet References
Species page(5)
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.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
3.World checklist of extant Mecoptera species
4.University of New Hampshire Insect and Arachnid Collections
5.Penny N.D. (-2014) The Mecoptera of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 January, 2008 - 9:22pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2012 - 3:12pm

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