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Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, hangingflies, and allies)

Brachypanorpa oregonensis. Photo: (c) corndog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos = “long”, ptera = “wings”) 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…

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Subtaxa

Family: Panorpodidae (Short-faced scorpionflies)

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