Panorpodidae

Not to be confused with Panorpidae.

The Panorpodidae are a small family of scorpionflies. Of the two genera, Brachypanorpa occurs only in the United States, and Panorpodes occurs in East Asia, with a single species in California.^[1] Unlike their sister group Panorpidae, the family generally has short jaws, amongst the shortest of all mecopterans. Brachypanorpa is thought to be phytophagous, consuming the epidermis of soft leaves, and a similar diet is suggested for Panorpodes.^[2]

Panorpodidae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Brachypanorpa montana
Panorpodes komaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Superfamily:	Panorpoidea
Family:	Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920
Genera
Brachypanorpa Panorpodes

Genera

The family contains extant 13 species in two genera:^[1]

• Brachypanorpa Carpenter, 1931 (five species: United States)
• Panorpodes MacLachlan, 1875 (eight species: Japan, Korea, California) Fossil species known from Eocene aged Baltic amber

In addition, the following fossil genus is also known:

• †Austropanorpodes Petrulevicius 2009 Laguna del Hunco Formation, Argentina, Eocene (Ypresian)