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CLASSIFICATION OF MECOPTERA

Families in Green color Mecoptera Details

Insecta: Holometabola MECOPTERA Apteropanorpidae Bittacidae (hangingflies) Boreidae (snow scorpionflies) Choristidae Dinopanorpidae Eomeropidae Meropeidae (earwigflies) Nannochoristidae Panorpidae (common scorpionflies) Panorpodidae (short-faced scorpionflies)

Fossil species Mesopsychidae (extinct) Aneuretopsychidae (extinct) Pseudopolycentropodidae (extinct) ------------------------ Note: DNA evidence shows a close affinity of members of this group with the Siphonaptera, and they may be grouped with that order at a later date. References Citations Sample Examinations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.