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Checklist of Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
for Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
937
21291
104803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
933
21259
104731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
882
20999
104014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
536
16084
86183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
29
94
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
29 Families width 201 Species and 20 Subspecies
#
A
B
C
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
X

Apteropanorpidae Byers, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Archipanorpidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Australochoristidae Krzemi?ski, ..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies21SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas9SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 191510SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Macropsyllidae Oudemans, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 191716SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19179SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 190610SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies3SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 191813SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Permotipulidae Tillyard, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas20SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193936SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 19288SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Xenochoristidae (Riek, 1953)1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Australia
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
1
7
16
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
3
10
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
5
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
6
19
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderProtomecoptera
Tillyard, 1917
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
11
44
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApteropanorpidae
Byers, 1965
1
4
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyXenochoristidae
Riek, 1953
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


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