Willmann, "
Mecoptera (Insecta, Holometabola) Fossilum Catalogus," Animalia, vol.
Seven confirmed prey records are available: Isoptera (alate), Lepidoptera (two unidentified moths),
Mecoptera (Bittacidae--Bittacus nebulosus), Diptera (Tipulidae), Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae, Scarabaeidae).
Archibald, S.B., 2009, New Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta:
Mecoptera) from the Early Eocene, McAbee, British Columbia, Canada, and Republic, Washington, USA: Zootaxa, v.
Various species of Panorpidae have also been recorded on carrion and feeding on nectar, herb pollen, and frnitjuices (Byers and Thornhill, 1983), and recently the elusive eomeropid, Notiothauma reedi MacLachlan (
Mecoptera: Eomeropidae), was found in large numbers on carrion (Jara-Soto et al., 2007).
The first superclade is a mecopteroid assemblage (Mecopteroidea), comprised of the Amphiesmenoptera, consisting of the well supported Lepidoptera and Trichoptera; plus the Antliophora, consisting of the internally less well supported
Mecoptera, Siphonaptera and Diptera (Kristensen, 1999).
Bittacus strigosus (hanging fly) is a member of the Order
Mecoptera. Taxonomic relationships among insects are often clarified by characteristics of sperm.
Sexual selection and nuptial feeding behaviour in Bitttacus apicalis (Insecta:
Mecoptera).
Unusual new record of "hangingflies" from Colombia (
Mecoptera, Bittacidae)
Arthropods collected at 5 sites in the preserve, included these 9 insect orders (with number of families on parentheses): Coleopt era (15), Diptera (12), Hymenoptera (10), Hemiptera (9), Lepidoptera (9), Homoptera (4), Siphonaptera (2), Phasmida (1), and
Mecoptera (1).
Panorpa (
Mecoptera, Panorpidae) Scorpionflies: systems for understanding resource-defence polygyny and alternative male reproductive efforts.
Alternative female choice tactics in the scorpion fly Hylobittacus apicalis (
Mecoptera) and their implications.
Taxones Ordenes y familias de especies de insectos residentes acuaticos y semiacuaticos presentes en este ambiente: Blattodea; Coleoptera (Carabidae, Chrysomelidae del genero Donacia, Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae, Limnichidae, Lepiceridae, Psephenidae); Diptera (larvas de Syrphidae); Ephemeroptera (Polymitarcyidae); Hemiptera;
Mecoptera (larvas) y Trichoptera (Hydropsychidae, Odontoceridae).