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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Common Scorpionflies (Panorpidae) » Panorpa » lugubris species group (Panorpa lugubris species group) » Red Scorpionfly (Panorpa rufa)
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Scorpion Fly - male? - Panorpa rufa - male
Copyright © 2019 Greg Brown

Scorpion Fly - male? - Panorpa rufa - Male
Lutterloh, Leon County, Florida, USA
November 21, 2019
Size: 15mm
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Contributed by Greg Brown on 25 November, 2019 - 1:50pm
Last updated 3 December, 2019 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from Panorpa.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 December, 2019 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 November, 2019 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Scorpionfly
Hi Ken,

FYI, I contacted the Florida State Collection of Arthropods at UF Gainesville, about this specimen. Lou Somma, a Biological Scientist III & Research Associate, made an identification of it as Panorpa rufa:

"Hi Lyle and Greg,

This is a fine example of Panorpa rufa, the Red Scorpionfly; a close relative of P. floridana. This Fall/Winter-active beast seems to be endemic to sandy habitat esp. with wiregrass present, yet little is truly known about them. I know people who have collected them by sweeping wiregrass, in which they are cryptic. (P. floridana prefers damper mesic areas (esp. seepages and streams), and cryptically stays down along the base of plant stems.)

FSCA would be very pleased to add this to our collection along with any good label data.

Cheers!

Lou"
… Greg Brown, 3 December, 2019 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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