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{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
 
{{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}}
 
{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Insect]]a}}
 
{{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Endopterygota]]}}
 
{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = '''Mecoptera'''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = Hyatt &amp; Arms | date = 1891}}
 
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* [[Nannochoristidae]]
 
* [[Boreidae]] (snow fleas)
 
* [[Siphonaptera]] (fleas)
 
* [[Meropeidae]] (earwig flies)
 
* [[Eomeropidae]]
 
* [[Apteropanorpidae]]
 
* [[Choristidae]]
 
* [[Panorpodidae]]
 
* [[Bittacidae]] (hanging flies)
 
* [[Panorpidae]] (scorpion flies)
 
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'''Mecoptera''' (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.
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Recent [[DNA]] evidence indicates that [[flea]]s, which are traditionally considered to be also of order level as the order Siphonaptera, are instead highly specialized Mecoptera. Grouped together with the fleas, Mecoptera would  have about 3000 species.
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| common_name = Scorpionflies
 
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[[Image:Bittacidae_fg1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Bittacidae from Australia]]
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| latin_name = Mecoptera
 
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| order = '''Mecoptera'''
==References==
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'''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.
Author=Whiting, M. F. |
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Title=Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera |
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Year = 2002 |
 
Journal = Zoologica Scripta |
 
Volume = 31 |
 
Issue = 1 |
 
Pages = 93}} [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=synergy&synergyAction=showAbstract&doi=10.1046/j.0300-3256.2001.00095.x]
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Mecoptera&contgroup=Endopterygota Mecoptera at the Tree of Life]
 
* [http://www.myrmecos.net/insects/mecoptera.html Mecoptera image gallery at myrmecos.net]
 
 
 
 
 
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[[category:Insects]]
 
 
 
[[de:Schnabelfliegen]]
 
[[fr:Mecoptera]]
 

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Mecoptera

Mecoptera

Scorpionflies (Mecoptera)

Order: Mecoptera

Description: 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.