New collections and records for earwigflies and scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Meropeidae and Panorpidae) in Florida

Authors

Louis A. Somma, Florida State Collection of ArthropodsFollow

Date of this Version

4-15-2011

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0165: 1-4
Published in 2011 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
P. O. Box 141874, Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

I add new collection and phenological data on the North American earwigfly, Merope tuber Newman, and new county records for the red scorpionfly, Panorpa rufa Gray, and veined scorpionfly, Panorpa venosa Westwood, in Florida. Additionally, I report on a new Georgia county record for the extralimital species, Panorpa ferruginea Byers, the ferruginous scorpionfly, and speculate on its potential occurrence in Florida.