Dr . Cockerell placed " Dinopanorpa " in the modern family Panorpidae when describing the genus in 1924.
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Mecoptera are sometimes called "'scorpionflies "'after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a scorpion.
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However, these two groups are probably not sister groups, as males of " Apteropanorpa " have developed the bulbous, recurved abdomen found in advanced families, such as Panorpidae.