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  2. Mecoptera - Wikipedia

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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

  3. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  5. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello: little return

  6. Panorpidae - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Hangingfly - Wikipedia

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    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)

  8. Dinopanorpidae - Wikipedia

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    Dinopanorpidae is a small family of extinct insects in the order Mecoptera (scorpionflies) that contains two genera and seven species. [1]The name is a combination of the Greek deino meaning "terrible" or "monstrous" and "Panorpidae", the family to which Dinopanorpa (the type genus of this family) was first assigned.

  9. Pistillifera - Wikipedia

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    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.