Dicerapanorpa
Dicerapanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies endemic to China.[1] They can be easily recognized by the two anal horns on the posterior margin of the sixth tergum in males.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Panorpidae |
| Genus: | Dicerapanorpa Zhong & Hua, 2013 |
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The anal horns of Dicerapanorpa magna (Chou, 1981) are used to grasp the female's abdomen during mating.[2]
Terminal abdomen of a male Dicerapanorpa magna
Species
Dicerapanorpa consists of 8 species.[1]
- Dicerapanorpa baiyunshana Zhong et Hua, 2013
- Dicerapanorpa diceras (MacLachlan, 1894)
- Dicerapanorpa kimminsi (Carpenter, 1948)
- Dicerapanorpa magna (Chou in Chou et al., 1981)
- Dicerapanorpa shennongensis Zhong et Hua, 2013
- Dicerapanorpa stotzneri (Esben-Petersen, 1934)
- Dicerapanorpa tjederi (Carpenter, 1938)
- Dicerapanorpa triclada (Qian et Zhou, 2001)
References
- Zhong W and Hua BZ. (2013). Dicerapanorpa, a new genus of East Asian Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera: Panorpidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 47, 1019-1046. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.752540
- Zhong W, Ding G and Hua BZ. (2015). The role of male's anal horns in copulation of a scorpionfly. Journal of Zoology, 295, 170-177. doi:10.1111/jzo.12194
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