Order Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies

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family profiles with species catalog (habitus & genital bulb photos of each species provided) and a simple key to Panorpa species-groups (based on male characters)

An updated version of the checklist by Penny & Byers (Penny, N.D. and G.W. Byers. 1979. A check-list of the Mecoptera of the world. Acta Amazonica 9:365-388), with brief family descriptions and distribution data. (Detailed description provided by vbelov 29 January 2010.)

Link updated (at last) 2 July 2020.

Image galleries and some data, covering insects that are found in North, Central, and South American, including the Caribbean.

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The collection holds more than 3.5 million insect specimens and is one of the largest university insect collections in the world. All groups of insects are represented in the collection, and we are recognized for our holdings of leafhoppers (Cicadellidae), beetles (Coleoptera), and true flies (Diptera).

The Triplehorn Insect Collection is housed within the Museum of Biological Diversity, located on the West Campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

On 29 April, 2005, the Ohio State Insect Collection was renamed in honor of Dr. Charles A. Triplehorn, Professor of Entomology and Curator at OSU between 1962 and 1992.