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rdfs:comment | - Scorpionflies, or Mecopterans belong to a relatively small order, Mecoptera, which consists of only about 550 species and 9 families. The name of scorpionfly comes from the largest family, Panorpidae, in which the genitalia are noticeable and look like the stinger of a scorpion. The Bittacidae, or hangingfly family have odd mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males.
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*Apteropanorpidae
*Bittacidae
*Boreidae
*Choristidae
*Dinopanorpidae
*Eomeropidae
*Meropeidae
*Nannochoristidae
*Panorpodidae
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abstract | - Scorpionflies, or Mecopterans belong to a relatively small order, Mecoptera, which consists of only about 550 species and 9 families. The name of scorpionfly comes from the largest family, Panorpidae, in which the genitalia are noticeable and look like the stinger of a scorpion. The Bittacidae, or hangingfly family have odd mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males.
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