Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Brisbane (South East Queensland, Australia)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Brisbane (South East Queensland, Australia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	300 2003 3155	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	299 2002 3155	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	284 1943 3073	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	197 1664 2749	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	6 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Brisbane
6 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies

Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 1939		2	Species	Taxom
Ceratophyllidae (Dampf, 1908)	Bird Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820	Cat fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906	Hanging scorpionflies	2	Species	Taxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 1928		1	Species	Taxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 1915		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Brisbane
7 Genera with 8 Species

Acanthopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 1916		1	Species	Taxom
Aetheca thamba. Jordan, 1929		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835	Cat and Dog Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Harpobittacus Gerstaecker, 1935		2	Species	Taxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 1979		1	Species	Taxom
Stephanocircus Skuse, 1893		1	Species	Taxom
Taeniochorista Esben-Petersen, 1914		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Brisbane
8 Species and 1 Subspecies

Acanthopsylla pavida Rothschild, 1916
Aetheca wagneri ophidius (Jordan, 1929)	⇒ Aetheca wagneri Baker, 1904
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835	Cat Flea
Harpobittacus albatus Riek, 1954
Harpobittacus scheibeli Esben-Petersen, 1935
Pygiopsylla phiola Smit, 1979	Northern kiore flea
Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse, 1893
Taeniochorista pallida Esben-Petersen, 1914

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Brisbane

Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	4 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

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