Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Panorpa according to J. S. Wang and B. Z. Hua 2021

See also Carpenter 1931, Scudder 1890 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxa: Panorpa arctiiformis, Panorpa maculatuosa, Panorpa mortua, Panorpa obsoleta, Panorpa rhenana, Panorpa rottensis

Type specimen: MCZ 240, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.