Biology:Panorpodidae
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Short description: Family of insects
| Panorpodidae | |
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| Brachypanorpa montana | |
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| Panorpodes komaensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Superfamily: | Panorpoidea |
| Family: | Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920 |
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The Panorpodidae are a small family of scorpionflies. Of the two genera, Brachypanorpa occurs only in the United States , and Panorpodes occurs in East Asia, with a single species in California .[1] Unlike their sister group Panorpidae, the family generally has short jaws, amongst the shortest of all mecopterans. Brachypanorpa is thought to be phytophagous, consuming the epidermis of soft leaves, and a similar diet is suggested for Panorpodes.[2]
Genera
The family contains extant 13 species in two genera:[1]
- Brachypanorpa Carpenter, 1931 (five species: United States)
- Panorpodes MacLachlan, 1875 (eight species: Japan, Korea, California) Fossil species known from Eocene aged Baltic amber
In addition, the following fossil genus is also known:
- †Austropanorpodes Petrulevicius 2009 Laguna del Hunco Formation, Argentina, Eocene (Ypresian)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Panorpodidae". World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species. http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology_Resources/mecoptera/panorpod.htm. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ↑ Ma, Na; Huang, Jing; Hua, Baozhen (2013-03-22). Hejnol, Andreas. ed. "Functional Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism of Mouthparts of the Short-Faced Scorpionfly Panorpodes kuandianensis (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae)" (in en). PLOS ONE 8 (3): e60351. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060351. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 23533677.
Wikidata ☰ Q1956711 entry
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