Panorpodidae

Not to be confused with Panorpidae.

Panorpodidae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Brachypanorpa montana
Panorpodes komaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Superfamily:	Panorpoidea
Family:	Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920
Genera
Brachypanorpa Panorpodes

The Panorpodidae are a small family of scorpionflies. Of the two genera, Brachypanorpa occurs only in the United States, and Panorpodes occurs in East Asia, with a single species in California. ^[1] Unlike their sister group Panorpidae, the family generally has short jaws, amongst the shortest of all mecopterans. Brachypanorpa is thought to be phytophagous, consuming the epidermis of soft leaves, and a similar diet is suggested for Panorpodes. ^[2]

Genera

The family contains extant 13 species in two genera: ^[1]

• Brachypanorpa Carpenter, 1931 (five species: United States)
• Panorpodes MacLachlan, 1875 (eight species: Japan, Korea, California) Fossil species known from Eocene aged Baltic amber

In addition, the following fossil genus is also known:

• † Austropanorpodes Petrulevicius 2009 Laguna del Hunco Formation, Argentina, Eocene (Ypresian)

References

1. "Panorpodidae". World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
2. Ma, Na; Huang, Jing; Hua, Baozhen (2013-03-22). Hejnol, Andreas (ed.). "Functional Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism of Mouthparts of the Short-Faced Scorpionfly Panorpodes kuandianensis (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae)". PLOS ONE. 8 (3) e60351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060351 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3606246 . PMID   23533677.