A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta)

Authors

Bill P. Stark, Mississippi CollegeFollow
Paul K. Lago, University of MississippiFollow
Audrey B. Harrison, University of MississippiFollow
William E. Smith, Mississippi CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0469: 1–15

Comments

Published in 2016 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License

Abstract

We summarize distribution records for 22 Mecoptera species known to occur in Mississippi. These include the fi rst specimens of Bittacus occidentis Walker, B. strigosus Hagen, Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen) and Panorpa insolens Carpenter to be recorded from the state.