Brachypanorpa Explained

Brachypanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies in the family Panorpodidae. There are about five described species in Brachypanorpa.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Brachypanorpa:

• Brachypanorpa carolinensis (Banks, 1905) (short-nosed scorpionfly)
• Brachypanorpa jeffersoni Byers, 1976
• Brachypanorpa montana Carpenter, 1931
• Brachypanorpa oregonensis (MacLachlan, 1881)
• Brachypanorpa sacajawea Byers, 1990

Further reading

• Brachypanorpa sacajawea n. sp. (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae) from the Rocky Mountains. 1990. Byers . George W.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 63. 2. 211–217. 25085169.
• Neotropical Mecoptera (Insecta): New generic synonymies, new combinations, key to families and genera, and checklist of species. 2009. Machado . Pires. Jose . Renato. Godoi . Fabio Siqueira P.. Rafael . José Albertino. Zootaxa. 27–38. 1175-5326.
• The phylogenetic system of the Mecoptera. 1987. Willmann . Rainer. Systematic Entomology. 12. 4. 519–524. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00222.x.