Kingdom Animalia Family Meropeidae Rank Genus | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Mecoptera | |
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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