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Leptopanorpa

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Leptopanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies that mainly distributed in Java, with two species also occurring in Sumatra. The males have elongated abdomens which can they can use to compete with other males and these abdomen are also sexually displayed to females. A recent revision found that the genus was nested within a paraphyletic Neopanorpa.[1]

Species

This list is adapted from the World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species: Leptopanorpa and complete as of 1997.
  • Leptopanorpa pi decorata Lieftinck, 1936 (Java)

References

  1. ^ Wang, Ji‐Shen; Hua, Bao‐Zhen (2020-01-13). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58 (4): 900–928. doi:10.1111/jzs.12363. ISSN 0947-5745. S2CID 212915644.
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Leptopanorpa: Brief Summary

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Leptopanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies that mainly distributed in Java, with two species also occurring in Sumatra. The males have elongated abdomens which can they can use to compete with other males and these abdomen are also sexually displayed to females. A recent revision found that the genus was nested within a paraphyletic Neopanorpa.

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