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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
929
84484
1007160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
63
580
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Continents
63 Families width 4082 Species and 928 Subspecies
#ABCDEHIKLMNOPRSTVX
Ancistropsyllidae Toumanoff & ..., 19473SpeciesTaxom
Aneuretopsychidae Rasnitsyn & ..., 19907SpeciesTaxom
Anormochoristidae Tillyard, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Apteropanorpidae Byers, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Archipanorpidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Australochoristidae Krzemi?ski, ..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies344SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas35SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas574SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 194329SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 191510SpeciesTaxom
Choristopsychidae Martynov, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly15SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 192819SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915540SpeciesTaxom
Cycloristidae Martynova, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19728SpeciesTaxom
Englathaumatidae Novokshonov ..., 20162SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 190913SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20133SpeciesTaxom
Holcorpidae Willmann, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas138SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas132SpeciesTaxom
Kaltanidae Martynova, 195839SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas218SpeciesTaxom
Liassophilidae Tillyard, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Lithopanorpidae Carpenter, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Macropsyllidae Oudemans, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Malacopsyllidae Baker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Mendozachoristidae Brauckmann &..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies6SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 191787SpeciesTaxom
Muchoriidae Willmann, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 191720SpeciesTaxom
Nedubroviidae Bashkuev, 20116SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 1906169SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies632SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies32SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19379SpeciesTaxom
Permocentropidae Martynov, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 1918217SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 192610SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Permotipulidae Tillyard, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonannochoristidae Novokshonov, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 192516SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopulicidae Gao, Shih & Ren, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas233SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193980SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas133SpeciesTaxom
Robinjohniidae Martynova, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Sibiriothaumatidae Sukatcheva &..., 19981SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192852SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 1978109SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomeropidae Willmann, 19786SpeciesTaxom
Tomiochoristidae Martynova, 19586SpeciesTaxom
Tshekarchiereidae Novokshonov, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas43SpeciesTaxom
Volitorididae Hong, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Xenochoristidae (Riek, 1953)1SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19398SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Continents
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
4
43
116
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
5
68
239
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
2
13
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
4
35
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParatrichoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
12
122
1234
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
2
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtomecoptera
Tillyard, 1917
4
13
48
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
19
286
2332
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnormochoristidae
Tillyard, 1926
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyApteropanorpidae
Byers, 1965
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyChoristopsychidae
Martynov, 1937
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEnglathaumatidae
Novokshonov & al., 2016
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithopanorpidae
Carpenter, 1930
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMendozachoristidae
Brauckmann & al., 2010
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudonannochoristidae
Novokshonov, 1994
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySibiriothaumatidae
Sukatcheva & Novokshonov, 1998
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThaumatomeropidae
Willmann, 1978
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTshekarchiereidae
Novokshonov, 1997
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVolitorididae
Hong, 1982
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyXenochoristidae
Riek, 1953
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


Links, sources and further information
Mecoptera at artfakta.se
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Mecoptera at gbif.org
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Mecoptera at irmng.org
Mecoptera at itis.gov