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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
15
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Macaronesia
6 Families width 26 Species and 8 Subspecies
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas12SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas8SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19151SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Macaronesia
15 Genera with 26 Species
Atopopsyllus Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 18034SpeciesTaxom
Citrine1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1885Cat and Dog Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Dasypsyllus Baker, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllus Westwood, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18112SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1997Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Spilopsyllus Baker, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Stenoponia Jordan & Rot..., 19021SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19895SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
26 Species and 8 Subspecies
Atopopsyllus cionus Poinar, 2015
Bittacus diversinervis Souza Lopes ..., 1942
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) hirundinis Curtis, 1826A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) sciurorum (Schrank, 1803)⇒ Monopsyllus sciurorum Schrank, 1803
Ceratophyllus sciurorum sciurorum Schrank, 1803
Citrine forktail Say, 1839
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenocephalides felis felis Bouche, 1885Cat Flea
Dasypsyllus (Dasypsyllus) gallinulae Dale, 1878A bird flea
Dasypsyllus gallinulae gallinulae Dale, 1878Moorhen Flea
Echidnophaga murina Tiraboschi, 1903
Echidnophaga tenerifensis Gil Collado,..., 1982
Ischnopsyllus (Ischnopsyllus) intermedius Rothschild, 1898A bat flea
Leptopsylla algira atlantidis Beaucournu, 1993
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) londinensis Rothschild, 1903English rat flea
Nosopsyllus londinensis londinensis Rothschild, 1903
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) londiniensis (Rothschild, 1903)⇒ Nosopsyllus londinensis Rothschild, 1903
Nosopsyllus londiniensis londiniensis Rothschild, 1903
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex (Pulex) larimerius R. E. Lewis, 1997
Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale, 1878European rabbit flea
Stenoponia tripectinata Tiraboschi, 1902
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Baker, 1904A mammal flea
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea
Xenopsylla cheopis cheopis (Rothschild, 1903)⇒ Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903
Xenopsylla gratiosa Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Xenopsylla guancha Beaucournu, ..., 1989

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

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
5
14
25
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