Apteropanorpa tasmanica, is a species of wingless scorpionfly native to Tasmania. As with other Apteropanorpa species the adults are thought to feed on dead and dying invertebrates.[1] The larvae are not known with certainty, though probable larvae have been recorded from moss.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Apteropanorpidae |
| Genus: | Apteropanorpa |
| Species: | A. tasmanica
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| Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, 1941
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Apteropanorpa tasmanica is known to carry two species of parasitic mites, Leptus agrotis and Willungella rufosanus.[3]
References
edit- ^ Palmer, Christopher (2010). "Diversity of feeding strategies in adult Mecoptera". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 3 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1163/187498310x519716. ISSN 1874-9828.
- ^ Palmer, Christopher M; Yeates, David K (February 2020). "Distribution of adult Australian wingless scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae)". Austral Entomology. 59 (1): 142–148. doi:10.1111/aen.12434. ISSN 2052-174X.
- ^ Seeman, Owen D.; Palmer, Christopher M. (2011). "Parasitism of Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae) by larval Leptus agrotis Southcott (Acari: Erythraeidae) and Willungella rufusanus sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae)". Zootaxa. 2925 (1): 19–32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1.2. Preview
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