A Synonymic List of the Order 

 Mecoptera 



together with Descriptions of New Species. 



By 

 P. Esben-Petersen, Silkeborg. 



Owing to the kindness of the directors of many mu- 

 seums and by the assistance of a great number of col- 

 lectors I have had the opportunity of examining large lots 

 (several thousands) of specimens of Mecoptera including 

 several type-specimens. As a preliminary result of my 

 work I think the following list will bee useful because 

 this order has been so much in confusion as to the 

 synonymy, probably more than any other. In my Mo- 

 nograph of the Mecoptera to be published in „Collec- 

 tions Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys-Longchamps", 

 I shall give exact descriptions of all the species accom- 

 pagnied by photos of the wings and drawings of the 

 anal appendages of the males of the most species together 

 with a discussion of questions regarding the nomen- 

 clature. 



Panorpidae 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. 1836. 



Panorpinae 



Enderlein, Zool. Anz. XXV, p. 385-399, 1910. 



Panorpa 



Linné, Syst. nat. X, p. 551, 1758. 



