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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
22
99
508
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
22 Families width 508 Species and 101 Subspecies
#BCHILMNPRSTX
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19190SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies74SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas36SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 194329SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191563SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas39SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas35SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas28SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19177SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies38SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas111SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 197816SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomeropidae Willmann, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19398SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Africa
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
1
3
7
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
4
9
114
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
12
77
374
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThaumatomeropidae
Willmann, 1978
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)
Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


Links, sources and further information
Mecoptera at artfakta.se
Mecoptera at dyntaxa.se
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at irmng.org
Mecoptera at itis.gov