Family Panorpodidae - Short-faced Scorpionflies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Brachpanorpa Female (from Oregon) - Brachypanorpa oregonensis - female

Don't even know - Brachypanorpa sacajawea

Another Scorpionfly? - Brachypanorpa carolinensis - female

Brachypanorpa Scorpionfly - Brachypanorpa - male

Not Panorpa - Brachypanorpa carolinensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)

Family Panorpodidae (Short-faced Scorpionflies)

Numbers

5 spp. of a single genus in the New World, all restricted to the US; another genus (4 spp.) in Korea and Japan(1)

Identification

Adults are drab brown; females display various degrees of wing reduction(1)

Range

2 spp. in se.US (VA-NC-TN) and 3 spp. in the West (MT-OR-CA)(1)

Habitat

Larvae are scarabaeiform and found in the soil where they presumably feed on plant roots(1)

Works Cited

1.	World checklist of extant Mecoptera species

Contributed by v belov on 2 December, 2009 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 29 October, 2020 - 6:51am

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