Biology:Apteropanorpa tasmanica

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Short description: Species of insect

Apteropanorpa tasmanica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Apteropanorpidae
Genus: Apteropanorpa
Species:
A. tasmanica
Binomial name
Apteropanorpa tasmanica
Carpenter, 1941

Apteropanorpa tasmanica, the Tasmanian snow scorpionfly, is a species of wingless scorpionfly native to Tasmania. The adults are generalised predators. The larvae live in moss and are locally common.

Apteropanorpa tasmanica is known to carry two species of parasitic mites, Leptus agrotis and Willungella rufosanus.[1]

References

  1. Seeman, Owen D.; Palmer, Christopher M. (2011). "Parasitism of Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae) by larval Leptus agrotis Southcott (Acari: Erythraeidae) and Willungella rufusanus sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae)". Zootaxa 2925 (1): 19–32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1.2.  Preview

Wikidata ☰ Q15520655 entry