Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Brussels Capital Region (Belgium)

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 Brussels Capital Region (Belgium)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	315 1836 3197	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	312 1831 3189	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	300 1806 3136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	212 1431 2590	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	3 3 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Brussels Capital Region
3 Families width 7 Species

Boreidae Latreille, 1816	Snow fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820	Cat fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpidae (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common scorpionflies	5	Species	Taxom

Genera for Brussels Capital Region
3 Genera with 7 Species

Boreus Latreille, 1767		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835	Cat and Dog Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1845		5	Species	Taxom

Species list for Brussels Capital Region
7 Species

Boreus hyemalis Linnaeus, 1767	Snow Flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835	Cat Flea
Panorpa alpina (Rambur, 1842)	⇒ Aulops alpina Rambur, 1842
Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842	Wittmann's milkvetch
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758	Gray bushmallow
Panorpa vulgaris (Imhoff & Labram, 1845)	⇒ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Brussels Capital Region

Suborder	Neomecoptera ♰ Hinton, 1958	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	1 1 5	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	1 1 1	Family Genus 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