''Brachypanorpa'' is a genus of
scorpionflies
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 a ...
in the family
Panorpodidae
The Panorpodidae are a small family of scorpionflies. Of the two genera, '' Brachypanorpa'' occurs only in the United States, and '' Panorpodes'' occurs in East Asia, with a single species in California. Unlike their sister group Panorpidae, the ...
. There are about five described species in ''Brachypanorpa''.
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Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Brachypanorpa'':
* '' Brachypanorpa carolinensis'' (Banks, 1905) (short-nosed scorpionfly)
* '' Brachypanorpa jeffersoni'' Byers, 1976
* '' Brachypanorpa montana'' Carpenter, 1931
* '' Brachypanorpa oregonensis'' (MacLachlan, 1881)
* '' Brachypanorpa sacajawea'' Byers, 1990
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