Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for French Guiana (Northern South America)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	380 5457 14498	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	380 5457 14498	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	361 5373 14341	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	230 4404 12651	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	4 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for French Guiana
4 Families width 8 Species and 3 Subspecies

Ctenophthalmidae (Rothschild, 1915)		2	Species	Taxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820	Cat fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915	Bird fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for French Guiana
7 Genera with 8 Species

Adoratopsylla Ewing, 1925		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1885	Cat and Dog Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 1920		1	Species	Taxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 1915		1	Species	Taxom
Polygenis Jordan, 1947		1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 1908		2	Species	Taxom
Tunga Jarocki, 1758		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for French Guiana
8 Species and 3 Subspecies

Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) bisetosa Ewing, 1925
Ctenocephalides felis felis Bouche, 1885	Cat Flea
Ctenophthalmus adetus (Jordan & Rot..., 1920)	⇒ Ctenophthalmus bisoctodentatus Kolenati, 1863
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947
Rhopalopsyllus garbei Guimaraes, 1941
Rhopalopsyllus lugubris Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758	Chigoe

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in French Guiana

Suborder

Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas

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7
8

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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