Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Colchester (Essex, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	303 1644 2977	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	303 1644 2977	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	294 1624 2949	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	223 1405 2630	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Colchester
2 Families width 4 Species

Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908	Bird Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionflies	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Colchester
2 Genera with 4 Species

Ceratophyllus Curtis, 1803		1	Species	Taxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Colchester
4 Species

Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803	A bird flea
Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842	Wittmann's milkvetch
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758	Gray bushmallow

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Colchester

Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	1 1 3	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)

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