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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Fair Isle (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		35
60
86		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		35
60
86		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		33
58
84		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		28
50
75		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies		1
1
2		Family
Genus
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fair Isle
1 Family width 2 Species
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fair Isle
1 Genera with 2 Species
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 18032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fair Isle
2 Species
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) fringillae Walker, 1856A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Fair Isle
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas		1
1
2		Family
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