| Boreus brumalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Boreidae |
| Genus: | Boreus |
| Species: | B. brumalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Boreus brumalis Fitch, 1847 | |
Boreus brumalis, the mid-winter boreu, is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [2] [5]
Mecoptera 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 rostra. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are another prominent family and are known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered to them by the males. A smaller group is the snow scorpionflies, family Boreidae, adults of which are sometimes seen walking on snowfields. In contrast, the majority of species in the order inhabit moist environments in tropical locations.
Bittacidae is a family of scorpionflies commonly called hangingflies or hanging scorpionflies.
Boreidae, commonly called snow scorpionflies, or in the British Isles, snow fleas are a very small family of scorpionflies, containing only around 30 species, all of which are boreal or high-altitude species in the Northern Hemisphere.
Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, known as the blue-winged olive to anglers. There are at least 150 described species in Baetis. They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.
Neoephemera is a genus of large squaregill mayflies in the family Neoephemeridae first described by McDunnough (1925). and containing approximately six described species in Neoephemera.
Boreus is the most diverse of three genera of insects in the family Boreidae. They are commonly known as winter scorpionflies due to their close relation to the true scorpionflies and preference for cold habitats.
Drunella spinifera is a species of spiny crawler mayfly in the family Ephemerellidae. It is found in southwestern and northern Canada and the western United States and Alaska.
Listronotus suturalis is a species of underwater weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.
Caurinus is a genus of snow scorpionflies in the family Boreidae. There are at least two described species in Caurinus.
Brachypanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies in the family Panorpodidae. There are about five described species in Brachypanorpa.
Bittacus occidentis is a species of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae. It is found in North America.
Apterobittacus is a genus of hangingflies in the family Bittacidae. There is one described species in Apterobittacus, A. apterus.
Boreus nivoriundus, known generally as the snow-born boreus or snow scorpionfly, is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
Boreus insulanus is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is endemic to Vancouver Island.
Arenopsaltriini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in Australia. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Arenopsaltriini.
Durangona is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae and the monotypic tribe Durangonini, found in South America.
Leptopsaltriini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 200 described species in Leptopsaltriini, found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, and Indomalaya.
Macrotristriini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 2 genera and 20 described species in Macrotristriini, all found in Australia.
Oncotympanini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in China and southeast Asia. There are at least 3 genera and about 12 described species in Oncotympanini.
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