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.
Lian-Xi Xing, Yuan Hua
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Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 2023 Mecoptera is a primitive and minor order of insects with nine families, including Panorpidae. Research on Panorpidae in Indonesia is lacking, especially regarding its habitat.
Putry Ardyanty, Ana Widiana, Ida Kinasih
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Ultrastructure of Ejaculatory Ducts of Cerapanorpa nanwutaina and Furcatopanorpa longihypovalva (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 The ultrastructure of the ejaculatory duct was investigated in the scorpionflies Cerapanorpa nanwutaina (Chou 1981) and Furcatopanorpa longihypovalva (Hua & Cai, 2009) (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) using light and transmission electron microscopy.
Qi-Hui Lyu +3 more
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Comparative analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes of Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) and new perspectives on the phylogenetic position of Furcatopanorpa [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & PhylogenyThe scorpionfly genus Furcatopanorpa Ma & Hua, 2011 is a monotypic taxon of Panorpidae with a series of unique characters. However, the phylogenetic position of Furcatopanorpa in Panorpidae has not been satisfactorily resolved yet.
Yuan Hua +5 more
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A new species of the genus Cerapanorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from the eastern Bashan Mountains [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016, an endemic genus of Panorpidae in central China’s mountain regions, currently comprises 21 described species. Recently, the short-horned scorpionfly C. brevicornis (Hua & Li, 2007) was confirmed to contain
Kai Gao, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Neue Skorpionsfliegen (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) aus Nepal [PDF]
Contributions to Entomology, 2022 Lulilan obscurus gen. nov. spec. nov., Lulilan spinifer spec. nov. and Phine succinea gen. nov. spec. nov. are described as new. Lulilan obscurus and L. spinifer are the closest relatives of L. furcatus (Hardwicke, 1823). The elongated abdominal segments
Rainer Willmann
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A chromosomal investigation of four species of Chinese Panorpidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2013 The male adults of four species of the Chinese Panorpidae in Mecoptera were cytogenetically studied using conventional squashing procedures. The results show that their sex-chromosome system belongs to the XO type, with n = 19 + X(O) in Panorpa ...
Bo Xu, Yankai Li, Baozhen Hua
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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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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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Habitat divergence shapes the morphological diversity of larval insects: insights from scorpionflies [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world, but how this diversity was achieved is still a disputable and unsatisfactorily resolved issue.
Lu Jiang +3 more
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