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Panorpa floridana

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Panorpa floridana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Panorpidae
Genus: Panorpa
Species:
P. floridana
Binomial name
Panorpa floridana
Byers, 1993

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]

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References

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  1. ^ https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/scorpionfly.htm
  2. ^ "Panorpa floridana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Panorpa floridana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/808/#:~:text=We%20describe%20the%20rediscovery%20of%20the%20Florida,hardcopy%20photographic%20prints%20and%20electronic%20digital%20images

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