Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos = "long", ptera = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola with about six hundred species in nine 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 ...

长翅目（学名：Mecoptera）是昆虫纲下的一目，是全变态类昆虫中最古老的类群之一，生活环境需要较高的湿度和郁蔽度，是一类重要的生态指示昆虫。 长翅目昆虫因翅多狭长而得名，通称为蝎蛉。

The Mecoptera (scorpionflies) are a curious group of terrestrial insects that usually live in moist sylvan habitats. Both larvae and adults are omnivorous. Mostly, they feed upon decaying vegetation and dead (or dying) insects.

Mecoptera, commonly known as scorpionflies, are a small order of ∼550 species in nine families. One family, the Nannochoristidae, has aquatic larvae. This small (eight species in two genera), relict family has a disjunct distribution in the southern hemisphere.

2023年9月25日 · Adults feed mostly on small insects, but also on petals, nectar, fruits, pollen, leaves, and mosses. Panorpa will feed on insects trapped in spider webs and on decaying animal matter. Bittacidae catch prey with specialized hind legs, inject it with saliva and suck out the insides. Some eat plants, scraping the top layer off leaves. (8)(11)

This is a small, primitive order of holometabolous insects. Some scorpionflies are known as hangingflies or earwigflies. Mecoptera are small to moderately large in size, ranging in body length from 2 to 35 mm. The order name is derived from the Greek words mecos (= length) and pteron (= wing). At present there are approximately 600 known ...

Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos = 'long', ptera = 'wings') are an order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stingers of ...

Mecopterans are carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous. Hangingflies are adapted to a predaceous lifestyle. Their hind legs are raptorial, with a single large tarsal claw, used to capture small insect prey. Prey is pierced with the rostrum, and fluids are withdrawn.

There are three main groups of scorpionflies: Common scorpionflies (Panorpidae). This is the largest family, and it is only this family that has the upturned scorpion-like genitalia or 'tail' that gives the order its name. They are brownish yellow and black insects with mottled wings and are found among shaded vegetation and in hedgerows.

2009年1月1日 · Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies, and others) are holometabolous insects in which the head is characterized by a downward projecting rostrum or beak, at the end of which are chewing mouthparts. They are usually slender bodied and have four long, narrow wings that are membranous and often marked with dark bands, spots, or darkening along ...