Holcorpidae
| Holcorpidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Conicholcorpa longa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Superfamily: | Panorpoidea |
| Family: | †Holcorpidae Willmann, 1989 |
| Genera | |
Holcorpidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies. It contains two genera, Conicholcorpa which is known from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds of Inner Mongolia, China,[1] and Holcorpa, known from the Eocene of North America, including the McAbee Fossil Beds of British Columbia, and the Florissant Formation of Colorado.[2] Members of this family are distinguished by their unusually long male genitalia, as well as characteristics of their wing venation.[1] Both Miriholcorpa and Fortiholcorpa from the Middle Jurassic of China also have affinities to this family, but the incompleteness of their remains and differences from known holcorpids make their placement uncertain.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Li, Lei; Shih, Chungkun; Wang, Chen; Ren, Dong (June 2017). "A New Fossil Scorpionfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Holcorpidae) with Extremely Elongate Male Genitalia from Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 91 (3): 797–805. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.13310. S2CID 134737209.
- ^ Archibald, S. Bruce (January 2010). "Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. New Series. 46 (1–2): 173–182. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654. ISSN 0037-9271. S2CID 85039877.