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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
16363
78101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
996
16356
78088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
922
16029
77370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
11801
60222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
29
157
714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for China
29 Families width 714 Species and 137 Subspecies
#ABCEHILMNOPRSV
Aneuretopsychidae Rasnitsyn & ..., 19904SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies48SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas113SpeciesTaxom
Choristopsychidae Martynov, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly8SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915116SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Holcorpidae Willmann, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas13SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas18SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas75SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 191732SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 190643SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies156SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19188SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19254SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopulicidae Gao, Shih & Ren, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas15SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas22SpeciesTaxom
Volitorididae Hong, 19821SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in China
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
3
21
40
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
3
13
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
6
42
261
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
13
74
389
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChoristopsychidae
Martynov, 1937
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyVolitorididae
Hong, 1982
1
1
Genus
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