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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
15
53
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
15 Families width 278 Species and 45 Subspecies
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19190SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies37SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas14SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 19436SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191539SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas21SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas16SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas18SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies23SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas79SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 197810SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19398SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in East Africa
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
4
60
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
11
47
216
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
0
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