Abstract.The genitalia of both males and females of theP.alpina‐complexare highly variable, both within and between sites, and sometimes bilaterally asymmetric. On the basis of this variation five species are placed in synonymy withPanorpa alpinaRambur:antiporumNagler;plitvicensisLauterbach;pseudoalpinaNagler;puraKlapalek;susteriNagler. The sub‐genusAulopsis placed once again in synonymy withPano