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Issue: Vol. 5352 No. 3: 4 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.4
Page range: 399-410
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An annotated catalog of the type material of Mecoptera deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville, Florida, USA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; P. O. Box 147100; Gainesville; FL 32614-7100; USA
Florida State Collection of Arthropods; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; P. O. Box 147100; Gainesville; FL 32614-7100; USA
Mecoptera Bittacidae Panorpidae Panorpodidae FSCA primary types

Abstract

The Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) is one of the largest and most valuable insect collections in the United States with more than twelve million curated specimens. The order Mecoptera currently comprises over 800 extant described species in nine extant families. The FSCA houses type material in the families Bittacidae, Panorpidae, and Panorpodidae. This catalog documents the FSCA type material for 23 species in five genera in Mecoptera.

 

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