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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Amazon basin (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
114
852
2096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
114
852
2096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
113
851
2095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
92
811
2056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
7
15
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amazon basin
6 Families width 29 Species and 22 Subspecies
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amazon basin
14 Genera with 29 Species
Adoratopsylla Ewing, 190110SpeciesTaxom
Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Hormopsylla Rothschild, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Kohlsia Traub, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19313SpeciesTaxom
Neotyphloceras Rothschild, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 192214SpeciesTaxom
Ptilopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19422SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 19237SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchopsyllus Haller, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Rothschildopsylla Guimaraes, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Sternopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19572SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amazon basin
29 Species and 22 Subspecies
Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) antiquorum Rothschild, 1904
Adoratopsylla antiquorum antiquorum Rothschild, 1904
Adoratopsylla antiquorum discreta Jordan, 1926
Adoratopsylla antiquorum rara Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Adoratopsylla antiquorum recta Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Adoratopsylla antiquorum ronnai Guimaraes, 1954
Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) bisetosa Ewing, 1925
Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) dilecta Jordan, 1938
Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia Wagner, 1901
Adoratopsylla intermedia intermedia Wagner, 1901
Ctenidiosomus perplexus Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Ctenidiosomus rex Johnson, 1957
Ctenidiosomus traubi Johnson, 1957
Hormopsylla cryptica Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Kohlsia falcata Mendez & Han..., 1975
Myodopsylla tropica Mendez & Lemke, 1979
Myodopsylla wolffsohni Rothschild, 1903
Myodopsylla wolffsohni salvasis Jordan, 1931
Neotyphloceras rosenbergi Rothschild, 1904
Nycteridopsylla ancyluris ancyluris Jordan, 1942
Polygenis (Gephyropsylla) klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi rangeli Smit, 1987
Polygenis klagesi samuelis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis bohlsi bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis (Polygenis) occidentalis Cunha, 1914
Polygenis occidentalis steganus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) peronis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947
Polygenis roberti roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti tripopsis Guimaraes, 1948
Polygenis dunni Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Ptilopsylla leptina Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Ptilopsylla leptina dunni Kohls, 1942
Rhopalopsyllus australis Rothschild, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus australis australis Rothschild, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus australis tupiniquinus Guimaraes, 1940
Rhopalopsyllus garbei Guimaraes, 1941
Rhopalopsyllus lugubris Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Rhopalopsyllus lugubris lugubris Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Rhopalopsyllus saevus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880
Rothschildopsylla noctilionis Costa Lima, 1920
Sternopsylla distincta Rothschild, 1903
Sternopsylla distincta speciosa Johnson, 1957
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Amazon basin
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
7
15
29
Families
Genera
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