See text The Panorpidae are a family of scorpionflies containing more than 480 species.

Their elongated faces terminate with mouthparts that are used to feed on dead and dying insects, nectar, and rotting fruit.

While in larval form, they scavenge by consuming dead insects on the ground.

[3] The oldest known species was previously suggested to be Jurassipanorpa from the Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.

[5] However, this was later considered an incorrect attribution, making the oldest known records of the family currently from the Eocene, including the extinct genus Baltipanorpa as well as the living genus Panorpa.