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Scorpion Fly
Mecoptera (from the Greek: ''mecos'' = "long", ''ptera'' = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals raised over the body that look similar to the stingers of scorpions, and long beaklike rostra. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are another prominent family and are known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered to them by the males. A smaller group is the snow scorpionflies, family Boreidae, adults of which are sometimes seen walking on snowfields. In contrast, the majority of species in the order inhabit moist environments in tropical locations. The Mecoptera are closely related to the Siphonaptera (fleas), and a little more distantly to the Diptera (true flies). They are somewhat fly-like in appearance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleozoic Era; the following Triassic Period belongs to the Mesozoic Era. The concept of the Permian was introduced in 1841 by geologist Sir Roderick Murchison, who named it after the region of Perm in Russia. The Permian witnessed the diversification of the two groups of amniotes, the synapsids and the sauropsids ( reptiles). The world at the time was dominated by the supercontinent Pangaea, which had formed due to the collision of Euramerica and Gondwana during the Carboniferous. Pangaea was surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa. The Carboniferous rainforest collapse left behind vast regions of desert within the continental interior. Amniotes, which could better cope with these drier conditions, rose to dominance in place of their am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austropanorpidae
''Austropanorpa'' is an extinct genus of scorpionfly. It is the only member of the family Austropanorpidae. The type species, ''A. australis'' was described by Edgar Riek in 1952 based on two incomplete forewings from the Redbank Plains Formation of Queensland, of probable Eocene age, and was assigned to Panorpidae. Later, it was recognised as distinctive enough to be assigned to its own monotypic family by Rainer Willman in 1977. In 2018 the species "''Orthophlebia''" ''martynovae'' from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) aged Cheremkhovo Formation near Lake Baikal in Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ..., described by Irina Sukacheva in 1985, was recognised as belonging to the genus. The genus is distinguished from other mecopterans by having nine branched radial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimbrophlebiidae
Cimbrophlebiidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies. They are considered to be the sister group to the Bittacidae, together forming the clade Raptipedia. Systematics * †'' Bellicimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Cimbrophlebia'' Willmann 1977 Jurassic-Eocene, Laurasia * †'' Juracimbrophlebia'' Wang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Malmocimbrophlebia'' Bechly and Schweigart 2000 Solnhofen, Germany, Tithonian * †'' Mirorcimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Perfecticimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Telobittacus'' Zhang 1993 Daohugou, China, Callovian Fengjiashan Formation, China, Hauterivian An undescribed specimen is also known from the Toarcian The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestobiidae
''Worcestobia'' is an extinct genus of scorpionfly. It is the only member of the family Worcestobiidae. It was described to contain two species originally assigned to '' Orthophlebia. Worcestobia gigantea'' was originally described by Robert John Tillyard in 1933 for NHMUK I. 11102 a hindwing found in the Rhaetian aged Lilstock Formation near Strensham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom The other species, ''Worcestobia haradai'' was described in 1991 from KMNH IP 000,002 a forewing found in the Carnian aged Momonoki Formation in a mine near Okuhata, Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture t ..., Japan. It is distinguished from other members of Panorpoidea by "the forking of Rs2 into two long veins Rs2a and Rs2b" References {{Taxonbar, from= Q104858558 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panorpodidae
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. 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''. Genera The family contains extant 13 species in two genera: * '' 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 In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panorpidae
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. Species range between 9–25 mm long. 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. 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 Baltic amber, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebiidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies known from the Triassic to Cretaceous, belonging to the superfamily Panorpoidea. The family is poorly defined and is probably paraphyletic, representing many primitive members of Panorpoidea with most species only known from isolated wings, and has such been considered a wastebasket taxon. Systematics Based on The genus '' Protorthophlebia'' has been moved to the separate family Protorthophlebiidae. * †'' Burmorthophlebia'' Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński and Wang, 2022, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) * †'' Choristopanorpa'' Riek 1950 Hawkesbury Sandstone, Australia, Middle Triassic (Anisian), Magyden Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic (Carnian), Koonwarra Fossil Bed, Australia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) * †'' Cretacochorista'' Jell and Duncan 1986 Koonwarra Fossil Bed, Australia, Aptian * †'' Mesopanorpa'' Handlirsch 1906 ** †''Mesopanorpa angarensis'' Martynov 1927 Cheremkhovskaya Formatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcorpidae
Holcorpidae is an extinct family of scorpionfies. It contains two genera, '' Conicholcorpa'' which is known from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds of Inner Mongolia, China, and '' Holcorpa,'' known from the Eocene of North America, including the McAbee Fossil Beds of British Columbia, and the Florissant Formation The Florissant Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation outcropping around Florissant, Teller County, Colorado. The formation is noted for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones an ... of Colorado. Members of this family are distinguished by their unusually long male genitalia, as well as characteristics of their wing venation. Both '' Miriholcorpa'' and '' Fortiholcorpa'' from the Middle Jurassic of China also have affinities to this family, but the incompleteness of their remains and differences from known holcorpids make their placement uncertain. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q21354327 Mecoptera P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
