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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
8
14
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
8 Families width 28 Species and 3 Subspecies
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies8SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas8SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
14 Genera with 28 Species
Bittacus Latreille, 19318SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsylla Rothschild, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1925Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Dinopsyllus Jordan & Rot..., 19134SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lagaropsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19571SpeciesTaxom
Listropsylla Rothschild, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Moeopsylla Rothschild, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Procaviopsylla Jordan, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Pulicella Smit, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Stivalius Jordan & Rot..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19083SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
28 Species and 3 Subspecies
Bittacus livingstonei Londt, 1981
Bittacus montanus Weele, 1910
Bittacus moschinus Navas, 1914
Bittacus natalensis (Wood, 1933)⇒ Bittacus zambezinus Navas, 1931
Bittacus stanleyi Byers, 1968
Bittacus tuxeni Byers, 1975
Bittacus weelei Esben-Petersen, 1913
Bittacus zambezinus Navas, 1931
Chimaeropsylla potis Rothschild, 1911
Chimaeropsylla potis potis Rothschild, 1911
Ctenocephalides felis strongylus Jordan, 1925
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) ansorgei Rothschild, 1907
Ctenophthalmus ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1907
Ctenophthalmus flagellatus Smit, 1964
Ctenophthalmus nyikensis Smit, 1962
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) grypurus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) hanneyi Smit, 1964
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) longifrons Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) lypusus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Echidnophaga larina Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Lagaropsylla idae Smit, 1957
Listropsylla basilewskyi Smit, 1960
Moeopsylla sjoestedti Rothschild, 1908
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) incisus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Procaviopsylla angolensis Jordan, 1925
Pulicella macrotheca Smit, 1964
Stivalius phoberus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Xenopsylla nubica Rothschild, 1903
Xenopsylla syngenis Jordan, 1937
Xenopsylla torta Jordan & Rot..., 1908

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Malawi
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
8
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
7
13
20
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