Panorpodidae

Panorpodidae; Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Superfamily:
Family:	Panorpodidae; Handlirsch 1920
Genera
	Brachypanorpa; Panorpodes

The Panorpodidae are a small family of scorpionflies. Of the two genera, Brachypanorpa occurs only in the United States, and Panorpodes occurs in Japan and Korea, with a species described in 2004 from California.^[1]

Genera[]

The family contains extant 13 species in two genera:^[1]

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:

† Petrulevicius 2009 Laguna del Hunco Formation, Argentina, Ypresian

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Panorpodidae". World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

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[Cat2004-1] "Panorpodidae". World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

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