The Panorpodidae are a Pacific Rim family, with one genus distributed in North America and the other in Japan and Korea. Larvae are scarabaeiform and found in the soil where they presumably feed on plant roots. Adults are drab brown in color, and females have various degrees of wing reduction.
Brachypanorpa | carolinensis | Banks | 1905 | U.S.A. (NC) |
Brachypanorpa | jeffersoni | Byers | 1976 | U.S.A. (NC, TN, VA) |
Brachypanorpa | montana | Carpenter | 1931 | U.S.A. (OR) |
Brachypanorpa | oregonensis | (McLachlan) | 1881 | U.S.A. (CA, ID, OR, UT) |
= Panorpodes | oregonensis | McLachlan | 1881 | |
Brachypanorpa | sacajawea | Byers | 1990 | U.S.A. (ID, MT) |
Panorpodes | komaensis | Okamoto | 1925 | Korea |
Panorpodes | maculata | Miyamoto | 19?? | Japan |
Panorpodes | paradoxus | McLachlan | 1875 | Japan |
= Panorpodes | decorata | McLachlan | 1887 | |
= Panorpa | limbata | (Navas) | 1909 | |
= Panorpa | naevia | Navas | 1909 | |
= Panorpodes | notata | Navas | 1909 | |
= Panorpodes | apicalis | Miyake | 1910 | |
= Panorpodes | decorata singularis | Miyake | 1910 | |
= Panorpodes | decorata confusa | Miyake | 1913 | |
= Panorpodes | paradoxus stigmatica | Miyake | 1913 | |
Panorpodes | pulcher | Issiki | 1927 | Japan |