Panorpidae

Panorpidae

Panorpa alpina male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Family:	Panorpidae
Genera
See text

The Panorpidae are a family of scorpionflies. This family contains more than 350 species. They are 9–25 mm long.^[1]

These insects have four membranous wings and threadlike antennae. Their elongated faces terminate with jaws 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.^[2]

Genera

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. 110 species)
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 (ca. 240 species)
Sinopanorpa Cai & Hua in Cai, Huang & Hua, 2008 (three species)

Fossil record

Species of Panorpidae are known from the Middle Jurassic period. The oldest known species are members of the genus Jurassipanorpa from the Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.^[3]

References

↑ "Family Panorpidae - Common Scorpionflies - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
↑ "Joshua R. Jones Research Panorpidae". people.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
↑ Ding, He; Shih, ChungKun; Bashkuev, Alexey; Zhao, Yunyun; Dong, Ren (2014). "The earliest fossil record of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China". ZooKeys. 431: 79–92. PMC 4141175 . PMID 25152669. doi:10.3897/zookeys.431.7561.

External links

Media related to Panorpidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Panorpidae at Wikispecies

Insect orders

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda

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Palaeoptera

Ephemeropteroidea	Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
Odonatoptera	Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)

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Polyneoptera

Dictyoptera	Blattodea (cockroaches, termites) Mantodea (mantises)

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Paraneoptera *	Psocodea (barklice, lice) Thysanoptera (thrips) Hemiptera (cicadas, aphids, true bugs)

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Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, bees)

Neuropteroidea

Coleopterida	Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites) Coleoptera (beetles)
Neuropterida	Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) Neuroptera (net-winged insects: lacewings, mantidflies, antlions)

Panorpida
(Mecopterida)

Antliophora	Mecoptera (scorpionflies) + Siphonaptera (fleas) Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, flies)
Amphiesmenoptera	Trichoptera (caddisflies) Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)

Four most speciose orders are marked in bold

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Based on Sasaki et al. (2013)

Extinct

Extinct incertae sedis families and genera are marked in italic

Wikispecies

Extant Mecoptera and Siphonaptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

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(fleas)

Pulicomorpha

Pulicoidea	Pulicidae (common fleas) Hectopsyllidae (chigoe and sticktight fleas)
Ancistropsylloidea	Ancistropsyllidae
Coptopsylloidea	Coptopsyllidae
Malacopsylloidea	Malacopsyllidae Rhopalopsyllidae
Vermipsylloidea	Vermipsyllidae

Ceratophyllomorpha

Ceratophylloidea	Ceratophyllidae Ischnopsyllidae Leptopsyllidae Xiphiopsyllidae

Hystrichopsyllomorpha

Stephanocircidoidea	Stephanocircidae
Hystrichopsylloidea	Chimaeropsyllidae Hystrichopsyllidae
Macropsylloidea	Macropsyllidae

Pygiopsyllomorpha

Pygiopsylloidea	Lycopsyllidae Pygiopsyllidae Stivaliidae

Classification is based on Whiting, M. F. (2002)

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