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Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos = "long", ptera = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola 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
They eat dead insects (although they sometimes eat live aphids), sometimes taking them from spider webs [6] and plant sap. [10] Although fully winged, the adults rarely fly very far and spend much of their time crawling on vegetation in damp, shaded places near water and along hedgerows. Panorpa communis is a univoltine species. [6]
This list is based on The World Checklist of extant Mecoptera Species. [2] Presumably complete up to 1997, it is updated as needed. The number of species in each genus are in parentheses. A number of extinct(†) genera have been described from the fossil record. Anabittacus (1) Kimmins, 1929 (Chile) Anomalobittacus (1) Kimmins, 1928 (South Africa)
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.
Pistillifera is a suborder of endopterygote insects within the Mecoptera that contains the scorpionflies and hangingflies. It was described by R. Willmann in 1987. It was described by R. Willmann in 1987.
Meropeidae is a family of tiny scorpionflies within the order Mecoptera with only three known living species, commonly referred to as "earwigflies" (or sometimes "forcepflies"), based on the earwig-like forceps-shaped male genitalia.
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Articles relating to the Mecoptera, an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola 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.