The remaining groups (Panorpodidae, Nannochoristidae, Choristidae, Eomeropidae, Meropeidae and Caurininae) which have a short rostrum are phytophagous or saprophagous (Palmer, 2010).

These families include the Panorpidae (which has 480 species, making it the largest extant family), the Panorpodidae (also known as short-faced scorpionflies), the Bittacidae (also known as ...

Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus.