Permopanorpa inaequalis

Permopanorpa inaequalis (lat.) Is a fossil species of scorpion women of the genus Permopanorpa from the Permopanorpidae family. One of the oldest representatives of the squad scorpion . Found in Permian fossil remains ( USA , Kansas , Elmo, Artinskian pond limestone, Wellington Formation, 270–285 Ma). Body width 0.7 mm, front wing length 4.92 mm, width 1.43 mm. Included in the genus Permopanorpa Tillyard 1926 (together with the species Permopanorpa martynovi , Permopanorpa schucherti , Permopanorpa formosa ), close to the genera of scorpion Martynopanorpa , Neopermopanorpa , Xenopanorpa and Lithopanorpa . The species was first described in 1926 by the Australian-English entomologist Robert John Tillyard . This is one of the oldest species of scorpion and all representatives of the order Mecoptera, along with species such as Westphalomerope maryvonneae , Protochorista tetraclada and Pseudomerope mareki ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} .