Professor Willmann was the former director of the Zoological Museum at the University of Gttingen. Willmann has introduced a new name for these species. Contributions to Entomology is a journal.
Willmann says the appearance of the scorpion flies could hardly be more strange.
At the end of the males' abdomen is a large organ with long, grasping pincers that they use for sex.
The insects have a body length of more than 3 centimeters. The insects were captured by a zoologist and his colleague. Only one species has been known until now.
scorpion flies are harmless to humans, despite their dangerous-sounding name. The spherical genital segment looks like a scorpion. The head is long and distinctive.
There are a few species of scorpion flies in Europe. Willmann believes that there are more species of Lulilan in Nepal. Only the females of certain types are known. The females have no of the characteristic features that the males have.
The scorpionfly that has already been described has a unique abdomen. It is unrelated to Lulilan.
Willmann says it is an amazing example where similar characteristics emerge independently.
Contributions to Entomology is a book written by Rainer Willmann.
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