Notiothauma

Notiothauma is the sole living genus in the scorpionfly family Eomeropidae. The genus is monotypic with a lone species Notiothauma reedi which is native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of central Chile, especially the forests with Nothofagus stands. N. reedi is flattened with a notedly cockroach-like appearance. They are nocturnal and inhabit the forest floor where the adults feed on plants and decaying animals.^[1] The larvae are still unknown. Because this is the last extant species of Eomeropidae, N. reedi can be characterized as a living fossil taxon.^[2]

Notiothauma
Oncol Park, Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Family:	Eomeropidae
Genus:	Notiothauma MacLachlan, 1877
Species:	N. reedi
Binomial name
Notiothauma reedi MacLachlan, 1877

Phylogeny

The proposed phylogenetic relationships of N. reedi based on Soszyńska-Maj et al 2016.^[3]

In Chile

	Eomeropidae Jurachorista Jurathauma Eomerope Tsuschingothauma Notiothauma Typhothauma