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- In dipteran: Evolution and paleontology
Diptera belong to the panorpoid complex, which includes Mecoptera (scorpionflies), Trichoptera (caddisflies), Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Siphonaptera (fleas), and Diptera (true flies). All are believed to have evolved from an ancestor that lived in moss; four-winged insects that resemble
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lepidopterans
- In lepidopteran: Evolution and paleontology
…of insect orders called the panorpoid complex. This ancestral stem began in the Permian Period (298.9 million to 251.9 million years ago) and split into a number of branches, from which evolved the modern scorpionflies (order Mecoptera); dobsonflies, alderflies, and lacewings (see neuropteran); true
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