Dicerapanorpa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Mecoptera

Familia:Panorpidae
Genus: Dicerapanorpa
Species:
Name

Dicerapanorpa Zhong & Hua, 2013

References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dicerapanorpa. [accessed on 1 July 2020]

Dicerapanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies endemic to China.[1] They can be easily recognized by the two anal horns on the posterior margin of the sixth tergum in males.

The anal horns of Dicerapanorpa magna (Chou, 1981) are used to grasp the female's abdomen during mating.[2]
Terminal abdomen of a male Dicerapanorpa magna
Species

Dicerapanorpa consists of 8 species.[1]

Dicerapanorpa baiyunshana Zhong et Hua, 2013
Dicerapanorpa diceras (MacLachlan, 1894)
Dicerapanorpa kimminsi (Carpenter, 1948)
Dicerapanorpa magna (Chou in Chou et al., 1981)
Dicerapanorpa shennongensis Zhong et Hua, 2013
Dicerapanorpa stotzneri (Esben-Petersen, 1934)
Dicerapanorpa tjederi (Carpenter, 1938)
Dicerapanorpa triclada (Qian et Zhou, 2001)

References

Zhong W and Hua BZ. (2013). Dicerapanorpa, a new genus of East Asian Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera: Panorpidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 47, 1019-1046. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.752540
Zhong W, Ding G and Hua BZ. (2015). The role of male's anal horns in copulation of a scorpionfly. Journal of Zoology, 295, 170-177. doi:10.1111/jzo.12194