| Caurinus dectes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Boreidae |
| Genus: | Caurinus |
| Species: | C. dectes |
| Binomial name | |
| Caurinus dectes Russell, 1979 | |
Caurinus dectes is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that survive as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by consuming blood, or hematophagy, from their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about 3 millimetres long, are usually brown, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or narrow, enabling them to move through their host's fur or feathers. They lack wings, but have strong claws preventing them from being dislodged, mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood, and hind legs extremely well adapted for jumping. They are able to leap a distance of some 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the superfamily of froghoppers. Flea larvae are worm-like with no limbs; they have chewing mouthparts and feed on organic debris left on their host's skin.
Mecoptera are an order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota 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 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.
Apteropanorpidae is a family of wingless scorpionflies containing a single genus, Apteropanorpa, with four named species. These species, also called Tasmanian snow scorpionflies, are found in moss in Tasmania and southern Australia. The adults are generalised predators. The larvae live in moss and are locally common.
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. Recent research indicates the boreids might be more closely related to fleas than to other scorpionflies, which would render the order Mecoptera paraphyletic if the order Siphonaptera is excluded from it.
The northern cave bat is a vespertilionid bat that occurs in Australia.
Boreus brumalis, the mid-winter boreu, is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
Boreus nix is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
Boreus californicus is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
Scymnus caurinus, the northwestern lady beetle, is a species of dusky lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.
Caurinus is a genus of snow scorpionflies in the family Boreidae. There are at least two described species in Caurinus.
Panorpa floridana, the Florida scorpionfly, is a species of common scorpionfly in the family Panorpidae. It is found in North America.
Brachypanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies, hangingflies, etc. in the family Panorpodidae. There are about five described species in Brachypanorpa.
Boreus elegans is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
Bittacus occidentis is a species of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae. It is found in North America.
Brachypanorpa sacajawea is a species of scorpionflies, hangingflies, etc. in the family Panorpodidae. 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.
Panorpa americana is a species of common scorpionfly in the family Panorpidae. It is found in North America.
Boreus insulanus is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is endemic to Vancouver Island.
Boreus coloradensis is a species of snow scorpionfly in the family Boreidae. It is found in North America.
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