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.
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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.[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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