Austromerope
| Austromerope | |
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| Austromerope brasiliensis | |
| Conservation status | |
| NE | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Meropeidae |
| Genus: | Austromerope Killington, 1933 |
| Species | |
Austromerope is a genus of forcepfly which contains only two known species, Austromerope poultoni from Western Australia,[1][2] and the South American Austromerope brasiliensis.[3] They are small scorpionflies, with large forceps-like structures at the tail and two pairs of wings. Only adults and eggs from captured adults are known - no larval stage has been seen. Much of the biology of these insects is not known, due to their secretiveness and rarity.
References
- ↑ Abbott, I.; Burbidge, T.; Wills, A. (2007). "Austromerope poultoni (Insecta, Mecoptera) in south-west Western Australia; occurrence, modelled geographical distribution and phenology". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 90: 97–106.
- ↑ Faithfull; Majer, J. D.; A. C. (1985). "Some notes on the occurrence and seasonality of Austromerope poultoni (Mecoptera) in western Australia". Australian Entomological Magazine 12: 57–60.
- ↑ Machado; Kawada, R. J. P.; Rafael, J. A. (2013). "New continental record and new species of Austromerope (Mecoptera, Meropeidae) from Brazil". ZooKeys 269: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.269.4255.
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