Leptopanorpa

Leptopanorpa is a genus of scorpionflies that mainly distributed in Java, with two species also occurring in Sumatra. The males have elongated abdomens which can they can use to compete with other males and these abdomen are also sexually displayed to females. A recent revision found that the genus was nested within a paraphyletic Neopanorpa.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Petersen’s long abdomen scorpionfly

speciesLeptopanorpa peterseni

Lin's long abdomen scorpionfly

speciesLeptopanorpa linyejiei

Leptopanorpa nematogaster

speciesLeptopanorpa nematogaster

Majapahitian Long Abdomen Scorpionfly

speciesLeptopanorpa majapahita

Leptopanorpa pi

speciesLeptopanorpa pi

Jacobson’s long abdomen scorpionfly

speciesLeptopanorpa jacobsoni

Leptopanorpa cingulata

speciesLeptopanorpa cingulata

Leptopanorpa charpentieri

speciesLeptopanorpa charpentieri

Leptopanorpa filicauda

speciesLeptopanorpa filicauda

Leptopanorpa ritsemae

speciesLeptopanorpa ritsemae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 785780.