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Notes on North American Mecoptera

1954; Oxford University Press; Volume: 47; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aesa/47.3.484

1938-2901

George W. Byers,

Plant and animal studies

In arranging the collection of Mecoptera in the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, I have come across certain items that seem sufficient interest to be brought to the attention of other students North American Mecoptera. A part of this collection was examined by Dr. F. M. Carpenter and used in the preparation of his 1931 "Revision of the Nearctic Mecoptera." It contains the holotype of Panorpa submaculosa Carp., the allotypes of P. submaculosa, P. chelata Carp., and P. mirabilis Carp., and several paratypes of these three species, as well as of P. isolata Carp, and P. longicornis Carp. To this older collection have been added a small number of specimens of various species, accumulated through the years since 1931, a group of eightyone specimens from various eastern states and provinces, collected by Mr. George Steyskal of Detroit, and my collections from five summers' field trips, in 1949–1953. These notes are based primarily upon the latter collections.