. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Aug., 1975 Webb Et Al.: Mecoptera of Illinois 297 lected on a dry gravel hillside among wild roses and in narrow steep ravines in cultivated areas. P. banksi is a northeastern species extending from Georgia to Maine and west to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Illinois Records.—(Fig. 170). Col- lected from mid-May until early Au-. Fig. 170.—Distribution of Panorpa banksi in Illinois and North America. gust. Restricted to the hilly areas of northern, western, and southern Illinois. Panorpa sigmoides Carpenter Panorpa sigmoides Carpenter (1931a: 250).


. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Aug., 1975 Webb Et Al.: Mecoptera of Illinois 297 lected on a dry gravel hillside among wild roses and in narrow steep ravines in cultivated areas. P. banksi is a northeastern species extending from Georgia to Maine and west to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Illinois Records.—(Fig. 170). Col- lected from mid-May until early Au-. Fig. 170.—Distribution of Panorpa banksi in Illinois and North America. gust. Restricted to the hilly areas of northern, western, and southern Illinois. Panorpa sigmoides Carpenter Panorpa sigmoides Carpenter (1931a: 250). 6, 9. Type-locality: Turkey Run [State Park], Indiana. Head and thorax pale yellow to dark yellowish brown. Fore wing length mm. Membranes (Fig. 74) clear to pale yel- low, crossveins margined. Apical band dark brown, broken into a narrow api- cal and subapical band. Pterostigmal band dark brown, broken but forked. Basal band reduced to two dark brown spots. Marginal and second basal spots absent. First basal spot dark brown. Considerable variation occurs in the arrangement of the apical and ptero- stigmal bands. Legs pale to dark yellow. Abdomen dark yellow. Male termina- ha pale to dark yellow. Ninth tergum, as in Fig. 103, broad basally, apex emarginate, forming two narrow, lat- eral lobes. Hypovalves (Fig. 106) en- larged medially, tapering apically, end- ing before bases of dististyles. Disti- styles shorter than basistyles. Ventral parameres (Fig. 107) thick, un- branched, with barbs on both margins; parameres sigmoidally curved, extend- ing beyond bases of dististyles, each apex smoothly tapered to acute point. Female genital plate elongate (Fig. 147), mm in length, oval. Distal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois. Natural History Survey Division. Urbana, State


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