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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
541
5937
17138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
538
5928
17128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
519
5861
16956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
363
4910
14671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
15
56
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Columbia
15 Families width 128 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas49SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191529SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly2SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19725SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Columbia
56 Genera with 128 Species
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Aetheca thamba. Jordan, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Amalaraeus Ioff, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Amaradix Smith, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Amphalius Jordan, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Apterobittacus MacLachlan, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Atyphlocera1SpeciesTaxom
Boreus Latreille, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Callistopsyllus Jordan & Rot..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Catallagia Rothschild, 19407SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 013SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopsylla Kohaul, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebia Willmann, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Corrodopsylla J.N.Wagner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Corypsylla Fox, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophyllus Wagner, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Dactylopsylla Jordan, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Dasypsyllus Baker, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Delotelis Jordan, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Dinokanaga Archibald, 20055SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopsyllus Baker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Eomerope Cockerell, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Eorpa Archibald & al., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Epitedia Jordan, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Euhophopsyllus1SpeciesTaxom
Eumolpianus Smit, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Foxella Wagner, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Holcorpa Scudder, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsylla Taschenherg, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18111SpeciesTaxom
Malaraeus Jordan, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megabothris Jordan, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Megarthroglossus Jordan & Rot..., 19364SpeciesTaxom
Meringis Jordan, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Mioctenopsylla Rothschild, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19043SpeciesTaxom
Nearctopsylla Rothschild, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Neopsylla Wagner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Opisodasys Jordan, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Orchopeas Jordan, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Orophyslla3SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Phalacropsylla Rothschild, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1896Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19576SpeciesTaxom
Spicata Fox, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Tarsopsylla Wagner, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Thrassis Jordan, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Trichopsylloides Ewing, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Columbia
128 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aetheca thambus Jordan, 1929
Aetheca wagneri Baker, 1904
Amalaraeus dissimilis Jordan, 1938
Amaradix euphorbae Rothschild, 1905
Amphalius necopinus Jordan, 1925
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Amphipsylla pollionis Rothschild, 1905
Amphipsylla tuta tuta Wagner, 1928
Apterobittacus apterus MacLachlan, 1871Wingless Scorpionfly
Atyphlocera multidentatus
Boreus californicus Packard, 1870
Boreus elegans Carpenter, 1935
Boreus insulanus Blades, 2002Great Basin Snaketail
Boreus nix Carpenter, 1935
Boreus pilosus Carpenter, 1935
Boreus reductus Carpenter, 1933
Callistopsyllus terinus Rothschild, 1905
Catallagia chamberlini Hubbard, 1940
Catallagia charlottensis Baker, 1898
Catallagia dacenkoi Ioff, 1940
Catallagia decipiens Rothschild, 1915
Catallagia jellisoni Holland, 1954
Catallagia mathesoni Jameson, 1950
Catallagia sculleni Hubbard, 1940
Ceratophyllus (Amonopsyllus) ciliatus Baker, 1904
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) adustus Jordan, 1932
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) celsus Jordan, 1926
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) idius Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) niger Fox, 1908Black hen flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) petrochelidoni Wagner, 1936
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) diffinis Jordan, 1925
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) garei Rothschild, 1902A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) vison (Hubbard, 1954)⇒ Monopsyllus vison Baker, 1904
Ceratophyllus perpinnatus
Ceratophyllus rauschi Holland, 1960
Ceratophyllus riparius Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Ceratophyllus vision
Chaetopsylla (Arctopsylla) tuberculaticeps Bezzi, 1890
Chaetopsylla setosus Rothschild, 1906
Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis Archibald, 2009
Cimbrophlebia leahyi Archibald, 2009
Corrodopsylla curvata Rothschild, 1915
Corypsylla jordani Hubbard, 1940
Corypsylla kohlsi Hubbard, 1940
Corypsylla ornatus Fox, 1908
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenophyllus armatus Wagner, 1901
Dactylopsylla bluei psila Prince & Stark, 1951
Dasypsyllus perpinnatus Baker, 1904
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri Jordan, 1929
Delotelis hollandi Smit, 1952
Delotelis telegoni Rothschild, 1905
Dinokanaga andersoni Archibald, 2005
Dinokanaga dowsonae Archibald, 2005
Dinokanaga hillsi Archibald, 2005
Dinokanaga webbi Archibald, 2005
Dinokanaga wilsoni Archibald, 2005
Dolichopsyllus stylosus Baker, 1904
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Eomerope macabeensis Archibald & al., 2005
Eorpa jurgeni S. B. Archibald, 2013
Eorpa ypsipeda S. B. Archibald, 2013
Epitedia scapani Wagner, 1936
Epitedia stewarti Hubbard, 1940
Epitedia wenmanni Rothschild, 1904
Euhophopsyllus lynx
Eumolpianus eumolpi Rothschild, 1905
Foxella ignotus Baker, 1895
Holcorpa dillhoffi Archibald, 2010
Hystrichopsylla dippiei Rothschild, 1902
Hystrichopsylla occidentalis Holland, 1949
Hystrichopsylla schefferi Chapin, 1919Giant mountain beaver flea
Hystrichopsylla spinata Holland, 1949
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Malaraeus telchinum Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Amegabothris) abantis Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Amegabothris) lucifer Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Amegabothris) quirini Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Megabothris) asio Baker, 1904
Megabothris megacolpus Jordan, 1929
Megarthroglossus divisus Baker, 1898
Megarthroglossus procus Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Megarthroglossus sicamus Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Megarthroglossus spenceri Wagner, 1936
Meringis shannoni Jordan, 1929
Mioctenopsylla traubi Holland & Je..., 1952
Myodopsylla gentilis Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Myodopsylla insignis Rothschild, 1903
Myodopsylla palposus Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla (Beringopsylla) hyrtaci Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla (Nearctopsylla) brooksi Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla jordani Hubbard, 1940
Neopsylla inopina Rothschild, 1915
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Nycteridopsylla vancouverensis Wagner, 1936
Opisodasys keeni Baker, 1896
Opisodasys pseudarctomys Baker, 1904
Opisodasys vesperalis Jordan, 1929
Orchopeas agilis Rothschild, 1905
Orchopeas caedens Jordan, 1925
Orchopeas leucopus Baker, 1904
Orchopeas nepos Rothschild, 1905
Orophyslla arctomys
Orophyslla idahoensis
Orophyslla tuberculatus
Panorpa nuptialis Gerstaecker, 1863
Peromyscopsylla hamifer Rothschild, 1906
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys pacifica Holland, 1949
Peromyscopsylla ravalliensis Dunn, 1923
Peromyscopsylla selenis Rothschild, 1906
Phalacropsylla allos Wagner, 1936
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex keeni Baker, 1896
Rhadinopsylla (Micropsylla) sectilis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhadinopsylla arborea Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla difficilis Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla goodi Hubbard, 1941
Rhadinopsylla linta Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla media Smit, 1957
Spicata comis Jordan, 1929
Tarsopsylla coloradensis Baker, 1895
Thrassis acamantis Rothschild, 1905
Thrassis petiolatus Baker, 1904
Thrassis spenceri Wagner, 1936
Trichopsylloides oregonensis Ewing, 1938
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in British Columbia
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
6
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
6
7
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
8
48
109
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