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| | + | | common_name = Scorpionflies |
| | | image = Bittacidae_fg1.jpg | | | image = Bittacidae_fg1.jpg |
| − | | image_width = 250px | + | | latin_name = Mecoptera |
| − | | image_caption = Bittacidae species from Australia | + | | order = '''Mecoptera''' |
| − | | name = Mecoptera
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| − | | fossil_range = [[Permian]] to present | + | '''Mecoptera''' (from the Greek: ''meco-'' = "long", ''ptera-'' = "wings") are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. The Bittacidae, or '''hangingflies''', are a prominent family of elongate insects known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males. |
| − | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| − | | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
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| − | | classis = [[Insect]]a
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| − | | superordo = [[Endopterygota]]
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| − | | ordo = '''Mecoptera'''
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| − | | ordo_authority = Hyatt & Arms, 1891
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| − | | subdivision_ranks = Families
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| − | * [[Apteropanorpidae]]
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| − | * [[Bittacidae]] (hangingflies)
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| − | * [[Boreidae]] (snow scorpionflies)
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| − | * [[Choristidae]]
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| − | * †[[Dinopanorpidae]]
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| − | * [[Eomeropidae]]
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| − | * [[Meropeidae]] (earwigflies)
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| − | * [[Nannochoristidae]]
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| − | * [[Panorpidae]] (common scorpionflies)
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| − | * [[Panorpodidae]] (short-faced scorpionflies)
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| − | '''Mecoptera''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''meco-'' = "long", ''ptera-'' = "wings") are an order of [[insect]]s with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called '''[[Scorpionfly|scorpionflies]]''' after their largest non-flea family, [[Panorpidae]], in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a [[scorpion]]. The [[Bittacidae]], or '''hangingflies''', are a prominent family of elongate insects known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males.
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| − | Recent [[DNA]] evidence{{Fact|date=February 2007}} indicates that [[flea]]s, which are traditionally considered an order as well (Order [[Siphonaptera]]), are instead highly specialized Mecoptera. <!-- There is some morphological evidence for the grouping of Siphonaptera and Mecoptera [[Boreidae]]. [there is at least one word missing here] Two [[synapomorphy|synapomorphies]] are the production of [[resilin]], a very flexible and springy type of cuticle, and a reversion to [[panoistic ovariole]]s. --> Grouped together with the fleas, Mecoptera would have about 3000 species.
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| − | Mecoptera have a special importance in evolution of Insecta. Two of the most important insect orders, [[Lepidoptera]] and [[Diptera]], along with [[Trichoptera]], evolved from ancestors belonging to or strictly related to Mecoptera.
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| − | Image:Panorpa communis with prey I.jpg|''Panorpa cognata'' female with prey
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| − | Image:Panorpa communis V.jpg|''Panorpa cognata'' male
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| − | Image:Detail of Panorpa communis.jpg|Detail of head
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| − | Image:Dinokanaga andersoni holotype SR 01-06-01.jpg|Dinokanaga andersoni Forewing
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *{{cite book|author=[[David Grimaldi|Grimaldi, D.]] and [[Michael S. Engel|Engel, M.S.]] |title=Evolution of the Insects|year=[[2005]]|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|id=ISBN 0-521-82149-5}}
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| − | * {{cite journal |author=Whiting, M. F. |title=Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera | year = 2002 | journal = [[Zoologica Scripta]] |volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 93 |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=synergy&synergyAction=showAbstract&doi=10.1046/j.0300-3256.2001.00095.x}}
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| − | * {{cite journal |author=Archibald, S.B. |title= New Dinopanorpida (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanogan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA) |Year=2005 || journal = [[Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences]] |volume = 4 | issue = 2| pages =119-136}}
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Mecoptera&contgroup=Endopterygota Mecoptera at the Tree of Life]
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| − | * [http://www.myrmecos.net/insects/mecoptera.html Mecoptera image gallery at myrmecos.net]
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| − | [[ka:ბუზმორიელები]]
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| − | [[lt:Skorpionmusės]]
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| − | [[hu:Csőrösrovarok]]
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| − | [[ja:シリアゲムシ目]]
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| − | [[no:Skorpionfluer]]
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| − | [[pl:Wojsiłki]]
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| − | [[sl:Kljunavci]]
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| − | [[sv:Näbbsländor]]
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| − | [[uk:Скорпіонові мухи]]
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