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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1408
35417
222091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1401
35364
221754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1211
34497
219210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
647
26961
190296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
31
160
665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Europe
31 Families width 665 Species and 293 Subspecies
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Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies68SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas19SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas128SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly3SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915147SpeciesTaxom
Englathaumatidae Novokshonov ..., 20162SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas14SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas28SpeciesTaxom
Kaltanidae Martynova, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas32SpeciesTaxom
Liassophilidae Tillyard, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Macropsyllidae Oudemans, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 190658SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies70SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies5SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19257SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas37SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas8SpeciesTaxom
Robinjohniidae Martynova, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas11SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Europe
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
2
6
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
19
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParatrichoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
4
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
8
42
207
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtomecoptera
Tillyard, 1917
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
13
98
414
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEnglathaumatidae
Novokshonov & al., 2016
1
2
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