Panorpodidae

Panorpodidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Mecoptera
Family:Panorpodidae
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 Japan and Korea, with a species described in 2004 from California.[1]

Genera

The family contains 10 species in two genera:[1]

  • Brachypanorpa Carpenter, 1931 (five species: United States)
  • Panorpodes MacLachlan, 1875 (five species: Japan, Korea, California)

References

  1. 1 2 "Panorpodidae". World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species. Retrieved April 3, 2010.


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