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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
29
93
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
29 Families width 201 Species and 19 Subspecies
#ABCHILMNOPRSX
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
43
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



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