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Present knowledge on Mecoptera of Ukraine

Zootaxa, 2022
The first annotated checklist of Mecoptera of Ukraine is presented. Altogether, 11 species of scorpionflies are known with a confirmed or probable occurrence in Ukraine. This list is based on previously published data, as well as on recently collected materials and specimens housed in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History NAS Ukraine ...
LIBOR DVOŘÁK, RUSLAN MARIYCHUK, PETER MANKO, JOZEF OBOŇA, WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI, ROMAN J. GODUNKO   +5 more
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First record of the insect order Mecoptera (Hexapoda) from Uruguay.

Zootaxa
We report the first record of the insect order Mecoptera from Uruguay. A total of 31 specimens of Bittacus brasiliensis Klug, 1836 (Bittacidae), from six different departments in the country were herein studied.
R. Machado, Enrique Morelli, R. Heleodoro, V. C. P. Silva   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mecoptera

2023
Mosche-scorpione e pulci, insetti che superficialmente hanno ben poco in comune, sono stati rispettivamente finora classificati negli ordini Mecoptera e Siphonaptera i quali, con i ditteri, costituiscono il clade Antliophora. La stretta parentela tra mecotteri e sifonatteri è riconosciuta da lungo tempo, ma le precise relazioni tra i sifonatteri ...
Maurizio Mei, Davide Badano, Pierfilippo Cerretti   +2 more
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Sexual dimorphism and ultrastructure of salivary glands in adult Bittacus cirratus Tjeder, 1956 (Mecoptera: Bittacidae).

Arthropod structure & development
Sexual dimorphism is ubiquitous in insects and has been extensively studied across various taxa. However, it remains unclear whether the salivary glands exhibit sexual dimorphism in adult Bittacidae.
He-Hong Wang, Le-Le He, Jie Zhang, Bao‐Zhen Hua   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The first British Cretaceous eomeropid scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae)

Palaeoentomology, 2023
Eomeropidae is a relict family of Mecoptera with the sole living species, Notiothauma reedi McLachlan, 1877, inhabiting western parts of southern Chilean Valdivian forests.
A. Bashkuev, E. Jarzembowski
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Snow-surface activity of California Snow Scorpionfly, Boreus californicus (Mecoptera: Boreidae), in western Montana, USA

Canadian field-naturalist
The flightless California Snow Scorpionfly (Boreus californicus Packard) has rarely been studied, and knowledge of its distribution and activity on snow remains fragmentary.
P. Hendricks
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An annotated catalog of the type material of Mecoptera deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Zootaxa, 2023
The Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) is one of the largest and most valuable insect collections in the United States with more than twelve million curated specimens.
Oliver Keller, Louis A. Somma
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new hangingfly species (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation (Canada)

Palaeoentomology, 2023
The order Mecoptera, commonly known as scorpionflies, has a long and fascinating evolutionary history that spans over 270 million years, if we consider its stem group. Despite their well-documented fossil record during the Mesozoic, many aspects of their
C. Jouault, Baptiste Coutret, Kurt O. Konhauser, A. Nel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparison of the ovariole structure and oogenesis between Bittacus cirratus Tjeder and Bittacus planus Cheng (Mecoptera: Bittacidae).

Tissue & Cell
The eggs are subspherical in some species of Bittacidae, but are cuboidal in others. However, the formation mechanism of cuboidal eggs remains unclear so far.
Yan-Chun Yang, Qiu-Yue Qin, Bao‐Zhen Hua   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Two new species of the genus Neopanorpa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from Yunnan, China

The Indochina Entomologist
Neopanorpa van der Weele, 1909 is the second largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae, next to Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758, and is mostly endemic to the Oriental Region. Four Chinese-endemic species are currently recognized in the N.
Jiao Xie, Ji-Shen Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source