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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>. |