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Mecoptera

Mecoptera (from Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos), meaning 'length', and πτερόν (pterón), meaning 'wing') is an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals raised over…

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related to history · 29
Mecoptera → Alpheus Hyatt, Among, Bittacidae, Boreidae, China, Cimbrophlebiidae, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Extinct Mecoptera, Fossil Mecoptera, Greek, In, Jennie Maria Arms, Jurassipanorpa, Linnaeus, Meropeidae, Michael, Middle Jurassic, Nannochoristidae, Orthophlebiidae
related to Diversity · 17
Mecoptera → Afrotropic, Australasian, Besides, Bittacidae, Distribution, Japan, Madagascar, Mecopterans, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic, Panorpidae, Taiwan, The, There, They, Trinidad
related to External relationships · 15
Mecoptera → Boreidae, Choristotanyderus, Diptera, Evidence, However, It, Lepidoptera, Mecopteran, Mesozoic, Nannochoristidae, Permotanyderus, Siphonaptera, The, Trichoptera, Two
related to Ecology · 13
Mecoptera → Adult, Bittacidae, Boreidae, Hangingflies, Mecopterans, Most, Nannochorista, Panorpa, Panorpidae, Scorpionflies, Snow, Some, They
related to Internal relationships · 11
Mecoptera → All, Bittacidae, Boreidae, Cracraft, Donoghue, Meropeidae, Nannochoristidae, Of, Siphonaptera, The, The Eomeropidae
related to Mating behaviour · 10
Mecoptera → Bittacidae, Hangingflies, If, In Hylobittacus, Larger, Male, Some, The, Various, While
related to External links · 5
Mecoptera → AustriaMecoptera, BBC, LifeMecoptera, Tree, UK
related to Morphology · 3
Mecoptera → Like, The, They

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species insects mecopterans larvae boreidae siphonaptera scorpionflies family may bittacidae families order long panorpidae prey wings group fleas mating male

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leaf litter or mossinstance ofMost breed in moist environments0.80text
and the eggs may not hatch until the wet season arrivesinstance ofMost breed in moist environments0.80text
beesinstance ofand the non-feeding pupae may pass through a diapause until weather conditions are favorable.Early Mecoptera may have played an important role in pollinating extinct species of…0.80text
Jurassipanorpainstance ofwhere panorpids0.80text
Bittacidaeinstance ofwhere panorpids0.80text
Orthophlebiidaeinstance ofwhere panorpids0.80text
and Cimbrophlebiidae have been found.Extinct Mecoptera species may have been important pollinators of early gymnosperm seed plants during the late Middle Jurassic to midinstance ofwhere panorpids0.80text
Caytoniaceaeinstance ofThey likely pollinated plants0.80text
Cheirolepidiaceaeinstance ofThey likely pollinated plants0.80text
and Gnetalesinstance ofThey likely pollinated plants0.80text
which have ovulate organs that are either poorly suited for wind pollination or have structures that could support long-proboscid fluid feedinginstance ofThey likely pollinated plants0.80text
mayfliesinstance ofand somewhat resembling those of primitive insects0.80text

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