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Checklist of Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
for America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1308
49520
421464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1302
49454
421283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1167
48637
416604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
637
37635
344782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
29
198
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
29 Families width 1102 Species and 235 Subspecies
#
A
B
C
D
E
H
I
L
M
N
P
R
S
V

Anormochoristidae Tillyard, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies93SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas17SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas295SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly4SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915146SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19726SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20133SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas70SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas30SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas34SpeciesTaxom
Lithopanorpidae Carpenter, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Malacopsyllidae Baker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Mendozachoristidae Brauckmann &..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies2SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies103SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies7SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19188SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas73SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193911SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas121SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192844SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in America
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
2
4
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
3
17
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
8
27
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
12
152
842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAnormochoristidae
Tillyard, 1926
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLithopanorpidae
Carpenter, 1930
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMendozachoristidae
Brauckmann & al., 2010
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


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