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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Australian Capital Territory (New South Wales, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
2831
4880
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
2830
4879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
379
2789
4807
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
258
2262
4034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australian Capital Territory
6 Families width 10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae (Dampf, 1908)Bird Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19170SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australian Capital Territory
9 Genera with 10 Species
Aetheca thamba. Jordan, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Chorista Klug, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Harpobittacus Gerstaecker, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Meridiochorista Lambkin, 1996
0SpeciesTaxom
Nannochorista Tillyard, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Porribius Jordan, 19032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australian Capital Territory
10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aetheca wagneri ophidius (Jordan, 1929)⇒ Aetheca wagneri Baker, 1904
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Chorista australis Klug, 1838
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Harpobittacus australis Klug, 1838
Harpobittacus rubricatus Riek, 1954
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) londiniensis (Rothschild, 1903)⇒ Nosopsyllus londinensis Rothschild, 1903
Porribius bathyllus M.Rothschild, 1936
Porribius caminae Rothschild, 1903

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Australian Capital Territory
SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
5
7
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