Panorpa floridana
| Panorpa floridana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Panorpidae |
| Genus: | Panorpa |
| Species: | P. floridana
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| Binomial name | |
| Panorpa floridana Byers, 1993
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Panorpa floridana, the Florida scorpionfly, is a species of common scorpionfly in the family Panorpidae. It has only been found in two Florida counties, Clay and Alchua. Described as "cryptic" it is quite handsome in a buggy way.[1][2][3][4][5]
It is a rare Florida endemic. It was not recorded from a sighting for 28 years until it was rediscovered in 2010 from a photo taoen at Gold Head Branch State Park in Clay County, Florida.[6]
See also[edit]
- Panorpa lugubris Swederus, mourning scorpion fly
- Panorpa rufa red scorpion fly
References[edit]
- ^ https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/scorpionfly.htm
- ^ "Panorpa floridana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Panorpa floridana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Panorpa floridana species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/808/#:~:text=We%20describe%20the%20rediscovery%20of%20the%20Florida,hardcopy%20photographic%20prints%20and%20electronic%20digital%20images
Further reading[edit]
- Byers, George W. (1993). "Autumnal Mecoptera of Southeastern United States". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 55 (2): 57–96. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.773.
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