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Opisthogonopora

Insecta - Mecoptera

Taxonomy
Opisthogonopora was named by Willmann (1987). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pistillifera by Willmann (1987).

Subtaxa
Meropomorpha, Panorpomorpha
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-03-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Opisthogonopora Willmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
infraorderOpisthogonopora

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Infraor. Opisthogonopora Willmann 1987
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Fm. Meropeidae Handlirsch 1906 [earwigfly]
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Subfm. †Boreomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Boreomerope Novokshonov 1995
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†Boreomerope antiqua Novokshonov 1995
Subfm. †Burmomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Burmomerope Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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†Burmomerope bashkuevi Sun et al. 2020
†Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016
†Burmomerope eureka Grimaldi and Engel 2013
G. †Torvimerope Zhang et al. 2025
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†Torvimerope cordatus Zhang et al. 2025
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Fm. Eomeropidae Cockerell 1909
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G. †Burmothauma Zhang et al. 2022
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†Burmothauma eureka Zhang et al. 2022
G. †Eomerope Cockerell 1909
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†Eomerope asiatica Ponomarenko 1974
†Eomerope eonearctica Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018
†Eomerope macabeensis Archibald et al. 2005
†Eomerope pacifica Ponomarenko 1974
†Eomerope simpkinsae Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018
†Eomerope tortriciformis Cockerell 1909
G. †Jurachorista Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2016
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†Jurachorista bashkuevi Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2016
G. †Jurathauma Zhang et al. 2011
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†Jurathauma simplex Zhang et al. 2011
†Jurathauma xinjiangensis Wang et al. 2024
G. †Pronotiothauma Willmann 1978
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G. †Tsuchingothauma Ren and Shih 2005
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†Tsuchingothauma gongi Zhao et al. 2019
†Tsuchingothauma shihi Ren and Shih 2005
G. †Typhothauma Ren and Shih 2005
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†Typhothauma agari Bashkuev and Jarzembowski 2023
†Typhothauma excelsa Zhang et al. 2012
†Typhothauma yixianensis Ren and Shih 2005
Invalid names: Blattomeropinae Willmann 1978 [invalid subgroup], Notiothaumidae Ebsen-Petersen 1915 [synonym]
Unr. Panorpina Willmann 1987
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Unr. Panorpini Willmann 1987
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Superfm. Choristoidea Esben-Petersen 1915
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Fm. Choristidae Esben-Petersen 1915
Superfm. Panorpoidea
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Fm. †Australochoristidae Krzemiński et al. 2015
Fm. †Austropanorpidae Willmann 1977
Fm. †Cantabridae Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2022
Fm. †Dinopanorpidae Carpenter 1972
Fm. †Eorpidae Archibald et al. 2013
Fm. †Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch 1906
Fm. Panorpidae Latreille 1802 [common scorpionfly]
Fm. Panorpodidae Handlirsch 1920 [short-faced scorpionfly]
Fm. †Protorthophlebiidae Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Messinian or 246.70000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 241.464 Ma

Collections (177 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Australia (New South Wales) Choristopanorpa bifasciata (106483)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Choristopanorpa opinata (106090 113406) Choristopanorpa opinata, Choristopanorpa ridibunda (110763) Choristopanorpa temperata (105007) Thaumatomerope neuroptoides, Choristopanorpa ridibunda (110765)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Shaanxi) Protorthophlebia triassica, Protorthophlebia ladinica, Protorthophlebia curta, Orthophlebia ladinica (117138) Protorthophlebia triassica, Protorthophlebia ladinica, Protorthophlebia prajna, Orthophlebia xiangyu (183209)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Xinjiang) Protorthophlebia macula (156325)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Orthophlebidae indet. (111558)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia communis (124687) Orthophlebia communis, Orthophlebia liassica, Orthophlebioides anglicus (115222) Orthophlebia gracilis (139595) Orthophlebia liassica (114643 114677 114680) Orthophlebia liassica, Chauliodes sp. 3 (113961) Orthophlebia liassica, Orthophlebia pictipennis, Orthophlebia confusa (115223) Panorpa liassica, Orthophlebia simillima (115220) Protorthophlebia latipennis, Orthophlebia liassica (113957)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian205.7 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia communis, Chauliodes sp. (124688)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Orthophlebia nana, Orthophlebia laesa, Orthophlebioides stigmaticus, Orthophlebioides furcatus, Orthophlebioides parvulus (139593)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5United Kingdom Orthophlebia pygmaea, Orthophlebia bella (139594)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia liassica (113960) Protorthophlebia latipennis, Orthophlebia communis, Orthophlebia liassica (113956)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia liassica (115224)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia pictipennis (123982)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) Mesopanorpa obscura, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Orthophlebia effusa, Orthophlebia varia, Protorthophlebia aksaji (105086) Protorthophlebia latipennis, Orthophlebia maculata, Mesopanorpa hartungi, Orthophlebia extensa, Mesopanorpa obscura, Mesopanorpa umbrata, Mesopanorpa unicolor, Orthophlebia curta, Orthophlebia churabica, Orthophlebia effusa, Orthophlebia varia, Orthophlebia vernacula, Mesopanorpa palmaris, Mesopanorpa ampla, Protorthophlebia egloni, Protorthophlebia aksaji, Orthophlebia rossica (105087)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9China (Xinjiang) Protorthophlebia latipennis, Mesopanorpa obscura, Orthophlebia latebrosa, Orthophlebia colorata, Mesopanorpa brodiei, Mesopanorpa kuliki, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa monstrosa, Protorthophlebia badaowanica, Protorthophlebia karamayiensis, Jurathauma xinjiangensis (103480)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Orthophlebia communis, Chauliodes sp. (133185)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Tutujasina paradoxa (125231)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Kazakhstan Mesopanorpa kuschmurunensis (172378) Mesopanorpa sp. (172379 172380) Mesopanorpa turgaica (172377) Orthophlebia pulchra (172375) Orthophlebia sp. (172376)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Kazakhstan Mesopanorpa praeangustipennis (172381)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia capillata (114638) Protorthophlebia latipennis (114637)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Jiangxi) Protorthophlebia latipennis (156323)
Turneri199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Jurachorista bashkuevi (123282)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Kyrgyzstan Orthophlebia aequalis (114701)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Orthophlebia geinitzi, Orthophlebia germanica, Synorthophlebia dubia, Orthophlebia elongata, Orthophlebioides fuscipennis, Synorthophlebia vicina, Synorthophlebia elegans, Synorthophlebia liadis, Orthophlebiites radialis, Synorthophlebia maculata, Orthophlebia intermedia, Orthophlebia intermedia (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Orthophlebia brodiei (153651)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Orthophlebia brunsvicensis, Orthophlebia germanica, Orthophlebia elongata (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Niedersachsen) Orthophlebia brunsvicensis (107556) Orthophlebia compacta, Orthophlebia latipennisimilis, Orthophlebia diminuta, Orthophlebia formosa, Synorthophlebia speciosa, Synorthophlebia obtusa (105002) Orthophlebia fallerslebensis (108447) Orthophlebia formosa (107343) Orthophlebia latipennisimilis (107344) Parorthophlebia grasselensis, Orthophlebia latipennisimilis (107321) Protorthophlebia cuneata (107323)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany Orthophlebia elongata (192037)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia brodiei (132073) Orthophlebia sp. (234545)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Orthophlebia jejuna, Orthophlebiinae indet. (110819)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7China (Guangxi) Protorthophlebia latipennis, Protorthophlebia deformis, Mesopanorpa enormis (151540)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Orthophlebioides limnophilus (131767)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Mesopanorpa angarensis, Mesopanorpa incerta (114694) Orthophlebia latebrosa (104946) Orthophlebia lauta, Orthophlebia retorrida (113471) Orthophlebia martynovae (105019) Panorpa hartungi (114696)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Kyrgyzstan Mesopanorpa unicolor (114705) Orthophlebia angustata (114704) Orthophlebia extensa, Orthophlebia shurabica, Orthophlebia venosa, Mesopanorpa umbrata (114702) Orthophlebia rotundipennis (114703)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9China (Hebei) Protorthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis (164199)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9China (Shaanxi) Orthophlebia lini (222545 230680)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2China (Xinjiang) Orthophlebia exculpta, Protorthophlebia strigata (117193)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Gansu) Orthophlebia quadrimacula (154785)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Anhui) Orthophlebia rotundipennis (106695)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Orthophlebia sp., Mesopanorpa sp., Orthophlebia obunca, Orthophlebiinae indet., Boreomerope antiqua (118010)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Mongolia Orthophlebia mongolica (119621)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5China (Henan) Protorthophlebia sp., Orthophlebiidae indet., Orthophlebia quadrimacula, Protorthophlebia gracilis, Protorthophlebia curvata, Jiyuanphlebia incompleta, Orthophlebia picta, Quadrivena jiyuanensis (202211)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Beijing Shi) Protorthophlebia yanqingensis (162200)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Juraphlebia eugeniae (172659) Jurassipanorpa impunctata, Jurassipanorpa sticta, Longiphlebia stigmosa (155751) Orthophlebia chinensis, Juraphlebia eugeniae, Protorthophlebia punctata (196979) Orthophlebia extensa, Mesopanorpa densa, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Orthophlebia elenae, Juraphlebia eugeniae (123761 183155) Orthophlebia extensa, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Orthophlebia elenae (113360) Orthophlebia extensa, Mesopanorpa luanpingensis, Orthophlebia elenae, Juraphlebia eugeniae (211893) Orthophlebia extensa, Orthophlebia nervulosa, Orthophlebia stigmosa, Jurathauma simplex (113365) Orthophlebia riccardii, Orthophlebia nervulosa, Orthophlebia stigmosa (117610) Tsuchingothauma gongi (113371) Tsuchingothauma shihi, Orthophlebia chinensis, Juraphlebia eugeniae, Protorthophlebia punctata (112663)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Jibeiorthophlebia internata, Jibeiorthophlebia xiafanzhangziensis (113475)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Hebei) Mesopanorpa luanpingensis (154786) Protorthophlebia yaogouensis (154788)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Russian Federation (Buryat) Mesopanorpa unica, Protorthophlebia lecta, Muchoria reducta (105017)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Hebei) Longiphlebia incompleta (224167)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation (Buryat) Mesopanorpa sp. (125482) Protorthophlebia hebes (114614)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kazakhstan Mesopanorpa felix (114692) Orthophlebia elenae (105971 122330) Orthophlebia elenae, Orthophlebia longicauda (105426) Orthophlebia grandis (105970) Orthophlebia grandis, Orthophlebia phryganoides (115717) Orthophlebia heidemariae (106101) Orthophlebia maculata (114693) Orthophlebioides obscurus (31311)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Orthophlebia lithographica (105797)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Orthophlebia shartegica (118966 121394 152133) Orthophlebia sp., Orthophlebia gubini, Orthophlebia shartegica, Orthophlebiidae indet. (104748)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Chita) Mesopanorpa martynovae (119397) Orthophlebidae indet. (114307) Panorpoidea indet. (125407)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Mesopanorpa tergenica (138150) Orthophlebia bolboica (150500) Orthophlebidae indet. (123198)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Orthophlebia sp. 2, Orthophlebia sp. 1 (104008)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77China (Hebei) Sinorthophlebia weichangensis (276554)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (Surrey) Mesopanorpa brooksorum (74972)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Mesopanorpa brooksorum (106417)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Zhejiang) Mesopanorpa gambra (155607) Mesopanorpa yaojiashanensis (155606)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Chita) Panorpoidea indet. (151642 153644)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (Surrey) Typhothauma agari (189915)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Orthophlebiinae indet. (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Orthophlebia liaoningensis (106966 138436) Typhothauma excelsa (123472) Typhothauma yixianensis (111722)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Orthophlebiidae indet. (113349 113350)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Chita) Orthophlebia fracta (138072) Orthophlebia karabonica (126001) Panorpoidea indet. (153643)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2China (Beijing Shi) Orthophlebia fanshanensis (106965)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) Choristopanorpa drinnani, Prochoristella leongatha, Cretacochorista parva, Orthophlebiidae indet. (77192)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Cantabra soplao (109438)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Burmomerope eureka (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmomerope clara (172900) Burmomerope clara, Burmomerope bashkuevi (161726) Burmomerope clara, Burmorthophlebia multiprocessa (187929) Burmomerope eureka, Burmomerope clara, Burmorthophlebia macularis, Torvimerope cordatus (165561) Burmothauma eureka (224419)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Dinokanaga dowsonae, Dinokanaga andersoni, Eorpa ypsipeda, Eorpa elverumi (103206) Dinokanaga dowsonae, Dinokanaga sternbergi (104761) Eorpa elverumi (147823) Eorpa sp. (147824 147825) Eorpa ypsipeda (147822)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Australia (Queensland) Austropanorpa australis, Chorista sobrina (125666 215302)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Austropanorpodes gennaken (75178)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) Eomerope sp., Dinopanorpa sp., Eomerope asiatica (123616)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Dinokanaga dowsonae (119948) Dinokanaga dowsonae, Eorpa sp. (119946) Dinokanaga hillsi (144346) Dinokanaga hillsi, Dinokanaga dowsonae, Eorpa ypsipeda (144347) Dinokanaga hillsi, Eorpa ypsipeda (144345) Dinokanaga webbi (113148) Dinokanaga wilsoni (144348) Eomerope macabeensis, Dinokanaga hillsi, Eorpa ypsipeda, Eomerope eonearctica (103205) Eomerope simpkinsae (193538) Eorpa sp., Panorpidae indet. (31677) Eorpa ypsipeda (147813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Panorpodes gedanensis (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Baltipanorpa damzeni, Panorpodes brevicauda, Panorpodes weitschati, Baltipanorpa oppressiva (123215) Panorpa brevicauda (120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Panorpodes brevicauda, Panorpodes hageni, Panorpa obsoleta, Panorpa mortua (124205) Panorpodes weitschati (110735)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Panorpa arctiiformis, Eomerope tortriciformis (106381) Panorpa rigida (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Dinopanorpa megarche (122745) Eomerope pacifica (124920)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Panorpa gracilis, Panorpa rottensis, Panorpa maculatuosa (122010)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Panorpa sp. (224364)