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'''Mecoptera''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''meco-'' = "long", ''ptera-'' = "wings") are an order of [[insect]]s with about 600 species worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called '''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. | '''Mecoptera''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''meco-'' = "long", ''ptera-'' = "wings") are an order of [[insect]]s with about 600 species worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called '''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. | ||
| − | Recent [[DNA]] evidence{{ | + | 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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==References== | ==References== | ||
*{{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}} | *{{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}} | ||
| − | * {{cite journal| | + | * {{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}} |
| − | author=Whiting, M. | ||
| − | title=Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera | | ||
| − | year = 2002 | | ||
| − | journal = Zoologica Scripta | | ||
| − | volume = 31 | | ||
| − | issue = 1 | | ||
| − | pages = 93 | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Insects]] | [[Category:Insects]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Mecoptera| | + | [[Category:Mecoptera| ]] |
[[de:Schnabelfliegen]] | [[de:Schnabelfliegen]] | ||
[[fr:Mecoptera]] | [[fr:Mecoptera]] | ||
| + | [[it:Mecoptera]] | ||
| + | [[ka:ბუზმორიელები]] | ||
[[lt:Skorpionmusės]] | [[lt:Skorpionmusės]] | ||
| + | [[nl:Mecoptera]] | ||
| + | [[ja:シリアゲムシ目]] | ||
[[no:Skorpionfluer]] | [[no:Skorpionfluer]] | ||
[[pl:Wojsiłki]] | [[pl:Wojsiłki]] | ||
Revision as of 00:54, 9 May 2007
Mecoptera (from the Greek: meco- = "long", ptera- = "wings") are an order of insects with about 600 species worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called 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.
Recent DNA evidenceTemplate:Fact indicates that fleas, which are traditionally considered an order as well (Order Siphonaptera), are instead highly specialized Mecoptera. Grouped together with the fleas, Mecoptera would have about 3000 species.
Panorpa communis female with prey
Panorpa communis male
Detail of head
References
- Grimaldi, D. and Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5.
- Template:Cite journal
External links
de:Schnabelfliegen fr:Mecoptera it:Mecoptera ka:ბუზმორიელები lt:Skorpionmusės nl:Mecoptera ja:シリアゲムシ目 no:Skorpionfluer pl:Wojsiłki sv:Näbbsländor uk:Скорпіонові мухи zh:長翅目
