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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1424
46886
383801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1418
46814
383608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1295
46047
379980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
722
33667
307519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
36
282
1966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Asia
36 Families width 1966 Species and 362 Subspecies
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Ancistropsyllidae Toumanoff & ..., 19473SpeciesTaxom
Aneuretopsychidae Rasnitsyn & ..., 19906SpeciesTaxom
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19190SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies138SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas18SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas255SpeciesTaxom
Choristopsychidae Martynov, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly8SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 192817SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915246SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Holcorpidae Willmann, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas27SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas55SpeciesTaxom
Kaltanidae Martynova, 19586SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas159SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies3SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 191747SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 190689SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies543SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies23SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19378SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 191832SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19258SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopulicidae Gao, Shih & Ren, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas68SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193934SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 197891SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomeropidae Willmann, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas36SpeciesTaxom
Volitorididae Hong, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Asia
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
3
28
61
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
3
31
42
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
2
18
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
7
62
811
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtomecoptera
Tillyard, 1917
1
3
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
15
145
1005
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyChoristopsychidae
Martynov, 1937
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThaumatomeropidae
Willmann, 1978
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVolitorididae
Hong, 1982
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