Panorpodidae
Panorpodidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mecoptera |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920 |
Genera | |
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.
Categories:
- Mecoptera
- Insect families
- Mecoptera stubs