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Holcorpa
Extinct genus of insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holcorpa is a genus of extinct insects in the scorpionfly order Mecoptera. Two Eocene age species found in Western North America were placed into the genus, H. dillhoffi and H. maculosa.[1][2]
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Holcorpa maculosa allotype | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mecoptera |
Family: | †Holcorpidae Willmann, 1989 |
Genus: | †Holcorpa Scudder, 1878 |
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Holcorpa was the only known member of the extinct family Holcorpidae until 2017, when the Middle Jurassic member of the family, Conicholcorpa stigmosa, was described.[3]