Maine Biota Project

Scorpionflies of Mount Desert Island

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Hexapoda, Order Mecoptera)


Scorpionflies of Maine

Scorpionflies of Mount Desert Island


Below is a working list of Mount Desert Island’s scorpionflies.
Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Source (full citation given below this table)
Panorpidae Panorpa maculosa Hagen ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Green Mt.” [now called Cadillac Mountain])
Panorpidae Panorpa nebulosa Westwood ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209.)
Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Chasm on Sargent Mt.”)
town?: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Station F242” [= “Camp Grounds”])
Panorpidae Panorpa rufescens Rambur ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Duck Brook”)
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209.)
Panorpidae Panorpa signifer Banks ? town not given: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Record of capture lost”)
Panorpidae Panorpa subfurcata Westwood ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Eden”, “Station F104” [= “near Breakneck Dr.”])
Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 209., “Echo Lake”)
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209.)


Source:
Procter, William. 1946. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute.