Taeniopteryx lonicera Ricker & Ross, 1968: 1427

Taeniopteryx lonicera Ricker & Ross

(Figs. 4, 16-17, 22)

Taeniopteryx lita Frison, 1942:249. In part Taeniopteryx lonicera Ricker & Ross, 1968:1427.

Holotype ♂ (Illinois Natural History Survey), Laurel Fork, Blount Co., S of Blountsville, Alabama

Taeniopteryx lonicera: Stewart, 2000:64.

Material examined. Mississippi: Amite Co., East Fork Amite River, North Newman Rd, date unknown, M.H. Alford, 1 ♂. Clarke Co., Chunky River, Hwy 11, nr Enterprise, 15 January 1977, B. Stark, L. Temple, 2 ♂, 1 ♀. Long Creek, Hwy 514, 18 December 2007, B. Stark, 10 ♂, 5 ♀. Bucatunna Creek, Hwy 514, 18 December 2007, B. Stark, 2 ♂, 2 ♀. Little Okatupa Creek, Hwy 18, 18 January 2003, B. Stark, W. Hawkins, S. Cope, 1 ♂. Covington Co., Okatoma River, Lux Rd, 2 January 2007, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Mayfield Branch, Gilmore Rd, 13 December 2006, B. Stark, M.B. Hicks, 1 larva. Bowie Creek, 26 December 2007, M.B. Hicks, W. Hicks, 1 ♂. Bowie Creek, Hwy 589, 11 December 2007, B. Stark, 4 ♂, 2 ♀. Same site, 9 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Beaver Creek, Maison Trigg Rd, 9 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Greene Co., Byrd Creek, 27 December 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂. Turkey Creek, Hwy 59, 27 December 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 3 ♀. Atkinson Creek, Hintonville Rd, 17 December 2007, B. Stark, 2 larvae. Big Creek, Hwy 57, 17 December 2007, 5 larvae. Hancock Co., Hickory Creek, Skinner Rd, 14 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Itawamba Co., Bull Mountain Creek, Cotton Gin Rd, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 17 ♂, 10 ♀. Tributary Bull Mountain Creek, Cotton Gin Rd, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 5 ♂, 1 ♀. Hurricane Creek, Cotton Gin Rd, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Gum Creek, Hwy 23, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 2 ♀. Tributary Gum Creek, Hwy 23, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Jones Co., Big Creek, Bernis Hill Rd, 29 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♀. Kemper Co., Blackwater Creek, Porterville Creek Rd, 14 December 2006, B. Stark, M.B. Hicks, 11 ♂, 4 ♀. Straight Creek, Hwy 39, 14 December 2006, B. Stark, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀. Sucarnoochee Creek, Hwy 45, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 3 ♂, 5 ♀. Pawticfaw Creek, Hwy 45, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 5 ♂, 14 ♀. Lafayette Co., Hurricane Creek, CR 129, 1 January 2008, M.B. Hicks 2 ♂, 1 ♀. Lamar Co., Hurricane Creek, Purvis- Columbia Rd, 29 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Gully Creek, Columbia Purvis Rd, 12 January 2007, M.H. Alford, 1 ♀. Black Creek, North Black Creek Rd, 14 January 2007, M.H. Alford, 1 ♀. Same site, 27 December 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂. Little Black Creek, WPA Rd, 12 January 2007, 1 ♀. Lauderdale Co., Tallahatta Creek, I-20, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♂, 4 ♀. Same site, 1 January 1978, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Same site, 12 January 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, 2 ♂, 6 ♀. Chunky River, Point Wanika Lake Rd, 22 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Cow Creek, I-20, 12 January 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, 1 ♂. Big Reed Creek, Clarke Rd, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Ponta Creek, Hwy 45, 29 December 1998, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Lawrence Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 587, 17 December 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Coopers Creek, Hwy 587, 1 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 larva. Marion Co., Tributary Pearl River, Hwy 587, Morgantown, 9 January 2008, 1 ♀. Marshall Co., Oaklimeter Creek, Potts Camp, Hwy 349, 15 February 2003, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Monroe Co., Buttahatchie River, Buttahatchie Rd, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Buttahatchie River, Caledonia Rd, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Weaver Creek, Old Golf Course Rd, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂. Newton Co., Tallahatta Creek, Dean Rd, 22 January 2000, B. Stark, 3 ♂, 4 ♀. Same site, 18 December 2002, B. Stark, J. Lacey, 2 ♂, 1 ♀. Same site, 18 December 2007, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Same site, 20 December 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Tallahatta Creek, Providence Church Rd, 22 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Tallasher Creek, Hwy 494, 22 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 6 ♀. Chunky River, I-20, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♀. Same site, 17 February 1979, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 8 ♀. Chunky River, Pleasant Ridge Rd, 22 January 2000, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Perry Co., Thompson Creek, Hwy 42, 27 December 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Thompson Creek, Hintonville Rd, 17 December 2007, B. Stark, 5 ♂, 12 ♀. Simpson Co., Rials Creek, Main Street, 18 December 1991, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Same site, 25 January 2005, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Same site, 30 December 2005, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Same site, 1 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Same site, 22 January 2009, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Rials Creek, Hwy 43, 21 December 1990, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 2 larvae. Same site, 28 December 1991, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Same site, 19 December 1992, B. Stark, 4 ♂, 8 ♀. Same site, 3 January 2006, B. Stark, 3 ♂, 2 ♀. Westville Creek, Hwy 43, 19 December 1992, B. Stark, 3 ♂, 1 ♀. Mill Creek, Bushtown Shivers Rd, 30 December 2002, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Mill Creek, Hwy 472, 3 January 2006, B. Stark, 3 ♀. Same site, 19 December 2007, B. Stark, 2 ♂. Limestone Creek, Buckley Rd, 19 December 2007, B. Stark, 4 larvae. Strong River, Hwy 28, 7 February 1981, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Stone Co., Bluff Creek, Hwy 26, 28 December 1998, B. Stark, 2 ♂. Wayne Co., Thompson Creek, Boutwell Rd, 23 December 2006, M.H. Alfod, 5 ♀. Dry Fork Creek, Gatlin Rd, 3 January 2007, M.B. Hicks, 11 ♂, 6 ♀. Chickasawhay River, Waynesboro Shubuta Rd, 3 January 2007, M.B. Hicks, 2 ♂, 2 ♀. Yellow Creek, Waynesboro Shubuta Rd, 3 January 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Silver Creek, Waynesboro Shubuta Rd, 3 January 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Little Dry Fork Creek, Gatlin Rd, 3 January 2007, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀. Winston Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 25, 27 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂.

Remarks. Ricker & Ross (1968) included a male paratype from Potts Camp, Marshall Co., in their original series and Stark (1979) recorded the species from Amite, Clarke, Lauderdale, Marshall, Newton and Pike counties. In this study we record T. lonicera specimens from 14 additional counties (Covington, Green, Hancock, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Simpson, Stone, Wayne and Winston), including several coastal, or near coastal counties (Fig. 4). Male genitalic structures are shown in Figs. 16-17 and the female 8 th sternum in Fig. 22.