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Austromerope

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Meropeidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Mecoptera

Austromerope

Similar
  
Austromerope brasiliensis, Meropeidae, Mecoptera, Merope tuber, Eomeropidae

Austromerope is a genus of forcepfly which contains only two known species, Austromerope poultoni from Western Australia, and the South American Austromerope brasiliensis. They are small scorpionflies, with large forceps-like structures at the tail and two pairs of wings. Only adults and eggs from captured adults are known - no larval stage has been seen. Much of the biology of these insects is not known, due to their secretiveness and rarity.

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Austromerope Wikipedia


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