Family APTEROPANORPIDAE
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K.J. Lambkin, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (1996) Updated (1998) by S. Shattuck, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
The Apteropanorpidae is a family of wingless scorpionflies endemic to Tasmania, comprising four described species belonging to the genus Apteropanorpa. Three species (A. tasmanica Carpenter, A. evansi Byers & Yeates, and A. hartzi Palmer, Trueman & Yeates) occupy alpine habitats, and A. warra Palmer, Trueman & Yeates is found at lower elevations (Palmer et al. 2007, Palmer & Yeates, 2020). Adults are small (body length ~5.0 to ~12 mm long), and saprophagous, feeding on dead and decaying invertebrates (Palmer & Yeates 2005). Adults of A. tasmanica are parasitised by two species of mites (Seeman & Palmer 2011).
General References
Byers, G.W. 1991. Mecoptera. pp. 696-704 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137.
Byers, G.W., & Yeates, D.K. 1999. A second species of Apteropanorpa Carpenter from Tasmania (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 60–65
Carpenter, F.M. 1941. A new genus of Mecoptera from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1940: 51-53
Evans, J.W. 1942. A mecopterous larva from Tasmania and notes on the morphology of the insect head. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 31-35
Palmer, C.M. 2009. Habitats of Apteropanorpa Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae), a genus of terrestrial scorpionflies from Tasmania. Entomological News 120(2): 230-232
Palmer, C.M. 2010. Diversity of feeding strategies in adult Mecoptera. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3(2): 111-128
Palmer, C.M. 2010. Diversity of feeding strategies in adult Mecoptera. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3(2): 111-128
Palmer, C.M., Trueman, J.W.H. & Yeates, D.K. 2007. Systematics of the Apteropanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Invertebrate Systematics 21(6): 589-612
Palmer, C.M. & Siebke, K. 2008. Cold hardiness of Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 54(7): 1148-1156
Palmer, C.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2005. Diet and feeding behavior in adults of the Apteropanorpidae (Mecoptera). Journal of Insect Behavior 18(2): 209-231
Palmer, C.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2020. Distribution of adult Australian wingless scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae). Austral Entomology 59: 142-148
Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1972. The aquatic larva and the pupa of Choristella philpotti Tillyard, 1917 (Mecoptera: Nannochoristidae). Pacific Insects 14: 151-168
Riek, E.F. 1970. Mecoptera. pp. 636-646 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press 1029 pp.
Seeman, O.D. & Palmer, C.M. 2011. Parasitism of Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae) by larval Leptus agrotis Southcott (Acari: Erythraeidae) and Willungella rufusanus sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae). Zootaxa 2925: 19–32
History of changes
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| 14-Aug-2013 | 28-Jun-2020 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |