Panorpodes gedanensis Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2015 (short-faced scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpodidae

Full reference: A. Soszyńska-Maj and W. Krzemiński. 2015. New representative of the family Panorpodidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) from Eocene Baltic Amber with a key to fossil species of genus Panorpodes. Palaeontologia Electronica 18(2.33A):1-7

Belongs to Panorpodes according to A. Soszyńska-Maj and W. Krzemiński 2015

Sister taxa: Panorpodes brevicauda, Panorpodes hageni, Panorpodes weitschati

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1193-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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