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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
9
25
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
9 Families width 39 Species and 6 Subspecies
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas9SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192812SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas8SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ecuador
24 Genera with 39 Species
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Adoratopsylla Ewing, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Cediopsylla Jnrdall, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Cleopsylla Rothschild, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Euchoplopsyllus Ewing, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hectopsylla Frauenfeld, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Kohlsia Traub, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Neotyphloceras Rothschild, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 19651SpeciesTaxom
Parapsyllus Enderlein, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Pazius Navas, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Plocopsylla Jordan, 19517SpeciesTaxom
Plocopysylla1SpeciesTaxom
Plusaetis Smit, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19506SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchopsyllus Haller, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Sphinctopsylla Jordan, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Tetrapsyllus Jordan, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Tiamastus Jordan, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 19622SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
39 Species and 6 Subspecies
Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia Wagner, 1901
Adoratopsylla intermedia copha Jordan, 1926
Cediopsylla spillmanni Jordan, 1930
Cleopsylla monticola Smit, 1953
Ctenidiosomus spillmanni Jordan, 1931
Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood, 1875A stick-tight flea
Euchoplopsyllus andensis Jordan, 1933
Hectopsylla cypha Jordan, 1942
Hectopsylla suarezi C.Fox, 1929
Kohlsia campaniger Jordan, 1931
Neotyphloceras rosenbergi Rothschild, 1904
Nycteridopsylla ancyluris ancyluris Jordan, 1942
Nycteridopsylla (Nycteridopsylla) eusarca Dampf, 1908A bat flea
Palaeopsylla soricis scobina Smit & Rosicky, 1965
Parapsyllus cedei Smit, 1970
Pazius pectinatus Byers, 1977
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Plocopsylla achilles Rothschild, 1911
Plocopsylla hector Jordan, 1931
Plocopsylla heros Jordan, 1933
Plocopsylla nungui Schramm & Lewis, 1987
Plocopsylla phobos Jordan, 1931
Plocopsylla phyllisae Smit, 1953
Plocopsylla ulysses Hopkins, 1951
Plocopysylla nungui
Plusaetis equatoris Jordan, 1933
Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis bohlsi bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Rhopalopsyllus cacicus Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880
Sphinctopsylla inca Rothschild, 1914
Sphinctopsylla spillmanni Jordan, 1933
Sphinctopsylla tolmera Jordan, 1931
Tetrapsyllus comis Jordan, 1931
Tiamastus cavicola Weyenbergh, 1881
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe
Tunga libis Smit, 1962

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Ecuador
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
8
24
38
Families
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