Biodiversity and Spatiotemporal Variations of Mecoptera in Thailand: Influences of Elevation and Climatic Factors [PDF]
InsectsEcological analyses of the small and lesser-known insect order Mecoptera in Thailand are presented. Specimens were collected monthly over a period of 12 consecutive months, using both Malaise and pan traps, from 29 sampling sites located in 18 national ...
Theerapan Dokjan +8 more
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The Distribution Pattern and Species Richness of Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The uneven distribution of species diversity on earth, with mountainous regions housing half of the high species diversity areas, makes mountain ecosystems vital to biodiversity conservation.
Jian Su +5 more
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A taxonomic review of Boreus (Mecoptera, Boreidae) with descriptions of two new Alaskan species [PDF]
ZooKeysBoreus (Mecoptera, Boreidae) species are reviewed. Two new Alaskan species are described (Boreus tananaensis Kane, sp. nov., Boreus timaryi Kane, sp. nov.), a previously synonymized species is resurrected (Boreus gracilis Carpenter, 1935, stat.
Taylor L. Kane +2 more
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ZooKeys, 2019 The Mecoptera are represented in Canada by 25 extant species in four families, an increase of three species since the prior assessment in 1979. An additional 18 or more species and one family are expected to occur in Canada based on distributional ...
David C.A. Blades
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Fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on morphology of Choristopsychidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 Choristopsychidae, established by Martynov in 1937 with a single isolated forewing, is a little known extinct family in Mecoptera. Since then, no new members of this enigmatic family have been described. Based on 23 well-preserved specimens with complete
Xiao Qiao +3 more
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Chromosome–level genome assembly of the seasonally polyphenic scorpionfly (Panorpa liui) [PDF]
Scientific DataMecoptera is a small relict order of insects within the Holometabola. Panorpidae is the most speciose family in Mecoptera. They are also known as scorpion flies due to the enlarged and upward recurved male genital bulb.
Jiuzhou Liu +5 more
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The genome sequence of the German scorpionfly, Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual male Panorpa germanica (the German scorpionfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Mecoptera; Panorpidae). The genome sequence is 464.2 megabases in span.
Duncan Sivell +2 more
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The Mecoptera of Michigan [PDF]
The Great Lakes Entomologist, 2017 (excerpt) To date, no one has published on the Mecoptera of Michigan. A comprehensive taxonomic paper on the Mecoptera of Illinois, by Donald W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Norman D.
Johnson, James B., Thornhill, Albert R.
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An Eocene Bittacus (Mecoptera) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1955 In 1928 I described, as Palaeobittacus eocenicus, a species of the family Bittacidae from Eocene strata in Colorado. This has been the only representative of the Mecoptera in Eocene deposits and the earliest unquestionable record of a living family of ...
F. M. Carpenter
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Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae) [PDF]
Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2011 Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders.
Helsdingen, Peter J. van
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