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  • Mecoptera
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  • 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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  • Panorpidae *Apteropanorpidae *Bittacidae *Boreidae *Choristidae *Dinopanorpidae *Eomeropidae *Meropeidae *Nannochoristidae *Panorpodidae
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  • Endopterygota
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  • Mecoptera
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  • Scorpionflies
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  • 250
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  • Panorpa communis.jpg
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  • 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.