Apteropanorpa tasmanica
| Apteropanorpa tasmanica | |
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, 1941
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Apteropanorpa tasmanica, the Tasmanian snow scorpionfly, is a species of wingless scorpionfly native to Tasmania. The adults are generalised predators. The larvae live in moss and are locally common.
Apteropanorpa tasmanica is known to carry two species of parasitic mites, Leptus agrotis and Willungella rufosanus.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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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