†Panorpa mortua Carpenter 1954 (common scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1954. The Baltic Amber Mecoptera. Psyche 31-40
Belongs to Panorpa according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Carpenter 1954
Sister taxa: Panorpa arctiiformis, Panorpa maculatuosa, Panorpa obsoleta, Panorpa rhenana, Panorpa rigida, Panorpa rottensis
Type specimen: MCZ 5108, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection)
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