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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
478
4504
11879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
475
4494
11866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
454
4438
11745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3668
10194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
5
10
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Flanders
5 Families width 18 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae (Linnaeus, 1758)Common scorpionflies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Flanders
9 Genera with 18 Species
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Archaeopsylla Dampf, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Boreus Latreille, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Dactylopsylla Jordan, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 18455SpeciesTaxom
Spilopsyllus Baker, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Flanders
18 Species and 2 Subspecies
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Archaeopsylla erinacei Bouche, 1835Hedgehog Flea
Boreus hyemalis Linnaeus, 1767Snow Flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) fringillae Walker, 1856A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) styx Rothschild, 1900A Sand Martin flea
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) garei Rothschild, 1902A bird flea
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Dactylopsylla bluei psila Prince & Stark, 1951
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Panorpa alpina (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Aulops alpina Rambur, 1842
Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Panorpa vulgaris (Imhoff & Labram, 1845)⇒ Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758
Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale, 1878European rabbit flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Flanders
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
5
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
7
11
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