Panorpidae
| Panorpidae Temporal range:
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| Panorpa alpina male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Superfamily: | Panorpoidea |
| Family: | Panorpidae |
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The Panorpidae are a family of
scorpionflies containing more than 480 species. The family is the largest family in Mecoptera, covering approximately 70% species of the order.[1] Species range between 9–25 mm long.[2]
These insects have four membranous wings and threadlike antennae. Their elongated faces terminate with mouthparts that are used to feed on dead and dying insects, nectar, and rotting fruit. While in larval form, they scavenge by consuming dead insects on the ground.[3]
Genera
- Aulops Enderlein, 1910 (two species)
- Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 (22 species)
- Dicerapanorpa Zhong & Hua, 2013 (eight species)
- Furcatopanorpa Ma & Hua, 2011 (one species)
- Leptopanorpa MacLachlan, 1875 (12 species)
- Neopanorpa Weele, 1909 (ca. 170 species)
- Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 (ca. 260 species)
- Sinopanorpa Cai & Hua in Cai, Huang & Hua, 2008 (three species)
Extinct genera
- †Baltipanorpa Krzemiński & Soszyńska-Maj, 2012[4] Baltic amber, Eocene
Fossil record
The oldest known species was previously suggested to be Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.[5] However, this was later considered an incorrect attribution, making the oldest known records of the family currently from the Eocene, including the extinct genus Baltipanorpa as well as the living genus Panorpa.[6]
References
- PMID 25683048.
- ^ "Family Panorpidae - Common Scorpionflies - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ^ "Joshua R. Jones Research Panorpidae". people.tamu.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
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- PMID 25152669.
- ISSN 0891-2963.
However, preliminary revision of the holotype of Jurassipanorpa impunctata Ding, Shih & Ren, 2014, as well as additional new materials, shows that the species is not a member of the Panorpidae (Soszyńska-Maj et al. in prep.).
External links
Media related to Panorpidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Panorpidae at Wikispecies
