mecopteran การใช้

• Fleas are now thought to be closely related to boreid mecopterans.
• Most mecopteran larvae are eruciform, or shaped like caterpillars.
• The elongated " R 1 " vein is a character not found in any other extant or extinct mecopterans.
• In doing so, he identified the fossil as a mecopteran rather than a lepidopteran as it was originally described as.
• However, examination of fossil mecopterans show they had siphon feeding apparatus that could fertilize early gymnosperms by feeding on their nectar and pollen.
• ""'Lichnomesopsyche " "'is an extinct genus of mesopsychid mecopteran which existed in what is now China during the middle Jurassic period.
• ""'Vitimopsyche " "'is an extinct genus of Mecopteran which existed in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period.
• This elongated " R 1 " vein is a character not found in any other extant or extinct mecopteran families and is only shared by the related genus " Dinokanaga " found in Eocene formations of British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA . The two genera are distinguished by the number of wing vein characters including lack of fine reticulated crossveins in " Dinopanorpa ", and the " Rs " vein branched 3-5 times in " Dinokanaga ".