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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Central China (China)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
487
5517
15693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
487
5517
15693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
5419
15543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
273
3615
9469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
11
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central China
6 Families width 30 Species
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies6SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central China
11 Genera with 30 Species
Bittacus Latreille, 18615SpeciesTaxom
Chorolimnobia Lin, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Hylobittacus Byers, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Merope Newman, 1838Earwigfly1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopanorpa Handlirsch, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Metapsylla Kuwayama, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Neopanorpa Weele, 19456SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebia Westwood, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 19318SpeciesTaxom
Protorthophlebia Tillyard, 19332SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central China
30 Species
Bittacus gressitti Cheng, 1957
Bittacus occidentis Walker, 1853Curtiss' milkweed
Bittacus pilicornis Westwood, 1846Cultivated tobacco
Bittacus stigmaterus Say, 1823
Bittacus strigosus Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Chorolimnobia ostera Q. B. Lin, 1986
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Hylobittacus apicalis Hagen, 1861
Merope tuber Newman, 1838Earwig scorpionfly
Mesopanorpa enormis Q. B. Lin, 1986
Metapsylla acaciae Yang & Li, 1982
Metapsylla granulosa Yu, 1956
Metapsylla meliae Yang & Li, 1982
Neopanorpa cantonensis Cheng, 1957
Neopanorpa carpenteri Cheng, 1957
Neopanorpa cavaleriei Navas, 1908
Neopanorpa lungtaushana Cheng, 1957
Neopanorpa ocellaris Navas, 1908
Neopanorpa pulchra Carpenter, 1945
Orthophlebia deformis Q. B. Lin, 1986
Panorpa anomala Carpenter, 1931
Panorpa braueri Carpenter, 1931
Panorpa choctaw Byers, 1993
Panorpa gressitti Byers, 1970
Panorpa helena Byers, 1962Arizona Snaketail
Panorpa nebulosa Westwood, 1846Cultivated tobacco
Panorpa nuptialis Gerstaecker, 1863
Panorpa speciosa Carpenter, 1931
Protorthophlebia deformis Linnaeus, 1986
Protorthophlebia latipennis R. J. Tillyard, 1933

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Central China
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
4
8
25
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
1
2
4
Family
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