ENTOBLITZ Mecoptera:
It is remarkable that three families of this typically
rare order are known from Godwin Woods. Only four families occur in North
America. Specimens of Meropeidae
(Earwig Scorpionflies), Panorpidae
(True Scorpionflies), and Bittacidae
(Hangingflies or Hanging Scorpionflies) have been collected there. We collected
meropeids at ENTOBLITZ in yellow pan traps. They are known from only one
other locality in Texas. The larvae and the biology of the only North American
species in the family, Merope tuber, are unknown.
Panorpa (scorpionfly)
Two male Merope tuber (earwigflies)
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