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.[1] Species range between 9–25 mm long.[2]
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.[3]
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RAS (2023). "Distribution of species from the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) in European Russia except the Caucasus". Nature Conservation Research...
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lobes of the larval and imaginal scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Mecoptera, Panorpidae): A neuroanatomical study of neuropil organization, retinula axons, and...
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represent the oldest known representatives of the scorpionfly family Panorpidae, but this was later questioned. Jurassipanorpa specimens measure up to...
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"Taxonomic review of the genus Sinopanorpa Cai & Hua, 2008 (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) with descriptions of two new species". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift...
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mourning scorpionfly, is a species of common scorpionfly in the family Panorpidae. It is found in North America. The mourning scorpionfly is associated...
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BZ. (2013). Dicerapanorpa, a new genus of East Asian Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera: Panorpidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural...
and Sexual Selection in the Scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)". The Science of Nature. 85 (5): 218. Bibcode:1998NW.....85..219S. doi:10...
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