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Mesopsychidae
Mesopsychidae is an extinct family of Mecoptera, scorpionflies known from the Late Permian to Mid Cretaceous. It is part of Mesopsychoidea, a group of scorpionflies with siphonate proboscis. They are suggested to have been nectarivores, feeding off the liquid pollination drops and acting as pollinators for now extinct Entomophily, insect pollinated gymnosperms such as Bennettitales. Systematics *''Afristella'' Riek 1974 Molteno Formation, South Africa, Late Triassic (Carnian) *''Allochorista'' Hong 2007 Tongchuan Formation, China, Middle Triassic (Ladinian) *''Baissopsyche'' Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001 Sharin-Gol Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Barremian), Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) *''Epicharmesopsyche'' Shih et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian) *''Ferghanopsyche'' Martynov 1937 Sulyukta Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Early Jurassic (Toarcian) *''Lichnomesopsyche'' Ren et al. 2009 Daohugou, China, Callovian *''Mesopanorpodes'' Ren et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecoptera
Mecoptera (from the Greek language, Greek: ''mecos'' = "long", ''ptera'' = "wings") is an Order (biology), order of insects in the superorder Holometabola with about six hundred species in nine Family (biology), families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals raised over the body that look similar to the stingers of scorpions, and long beaklike Rostrum (anatomy), rostra. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are another prominent family and are known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered to them by the males. A smaller group is the snow scorpionflies, family Boreidae, adults of which are sometimes seen walking on snowfields. In contrast, the majority of species in the order inhabit moist environments in tropical locations. The Mecoptera are closely related to the Siphonaptera (fleas), and a little more distantly to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
