''Leptopanorpa'' is a genus of
scorpionflies
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that mainly distributed in
Java
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, with two species also occurring in
Sumatra
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. The males have elongated abdomens which can they can use to compete with other males and these abdomen are also sexually displayed to females. A recent revision found that the genus was nested within a
paraphyletic
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''
Neopanorpa
''Neopanorpa'' is a paraphyletic genus of around 170 species of scorpionfly in Southeast Asia, nesting the genus '' Leptopanorpa''.
Species
:This list is adapted from the ''World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species'': Neopanorpa' and complete ...
.''
Species
:This list is adapted from the ''World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species'':
Leptopanorpa' and complete as of 1997.
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Leptopanorpa charpentieri'' (Burmeister, 1839) (Java, Sumatra)
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Leptopanorpa cingulata'' (Enderlein, 1912) (Java)
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Leptopanorpa filicauda'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa inconspicua'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa jacobsoni'' (van der Weele, 1909) (Java)
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Leptopanorpa javanica'' (Westwood, 1841) (Java, Sumatra)
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Leptopanorpa nematogaster'' (MacLachlan, 1869) (Java)
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Leptopanorpa peterseni'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa pi'' (van der Weele), 1909 (Java)
:* ''Leptopanorpa pi decorata'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa ritsemae'' MacLachlan, 1875 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa robusta'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
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Leptopanorpa sarangana'' Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)
References
Panorpidae
Insects of Indonesia
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