World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species

WORLD CHECKLIST OF EXTANT MECOPTERA SPECIES

PANORPODIDAE

The Panorpodidae are a Pacific Rim family, with one genus distributed in North America and the other in Japan and Korea. Larvae are scarabaeiform and found in the soil where they presumably feed on plant roots. Adults are drab brown in color, and females have various degrees of wing reduction.


BrachypanorpacarolinensisBanks1905U.S.A. (NC)
BrachypanorpajeffersoniByers1976U.S.A. (NC, TN, VA)
BrachypanorpamontanaCarpenter1931U.S.A. (OR)
Brachypanorpa oregonensis (McLachlan)1881U.S.A. (CA, ID, OR, UT)
= PanorpodesoregonensisMcLachlan1881
Brachypanorpa sacajawea Byers1990U.S.A. (ID, MT)
PanorpodeskomaensisOkamoto1925Korea
PanorpodesmaculataMiyamoto19??Japan
PanorpodesparadoxusMcLachlan1875Japan
= PanorpodesdecorataMcLachlan1887
= Panorpalimbata(Navas)1909
= PanorpanaeviaNavas1909
= PanorpodesnotataNavas1909
= PanorpodesapicalisMiyake1910
= Panorpodesdecorata singularisMiyake1910
= Panorpodesdecorata confusaMiyake1913
= Panorpodesparadoxus stigmaticaMiyake1913
PanorpodespulcherIssiki1927Japan


Last Update: 13 November 1997

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