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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Hertfordshire (East England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
276
1432
2511
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
276
1432
2511
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
265
1401
2464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
212
1278
2311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Hertfordshire
6 Families width 14 Species and 5 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas0SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19151SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Hertfordshire
9 Genera with 14 Species
Amalaraeus Ioff, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Archaeopsylla Dampf, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 19558SpeciesTaxom
Coorilla Dunnet & Mardon, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Megabothris Jordan, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hertfordshire
14 Species and 5 Subspecies
Amalaraeus penicilliger mustelae Dale, 1878A mammal flea
Archaeopsylla erinacei erinacei Bouche, 1835Hedgehog Flea
Bittacus chlorostigma MacLachlan, 1881Pale Snaketail
Ceratophyllus farreni farreni Rothschild, 1905
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) fringillae Walker, 1856A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) hirundinis Curtis, 1826A bird flea
Ceratophyllus rossittensis rossittensis Dampf, 1913
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) rusticus Wagner, 1903A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) styx Rothschild, 1900A Sand Martin flea
Ceratophyllus styx jordani Smit, 1955
Coorilla longictena Dunnet & Mardon, 1973
Megabothris (Megabothris) walkeri Rothschild, 1902A mammal flea
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) pentacantha Rothschild, 1897A mammal flea

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

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
5
8
13
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