Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist of Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	320 2212 3737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	318 2210 3735	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	306 2162 3656	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	206 1743 3045	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	5 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Mauritius
5 Families width 8 Species

Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906	Hanging scorpionflies	1	Species	Taxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908	Bird Fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionflies	3	Species	Taxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915	Bird fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820	Cat fleas	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Mauritius
6 Genera with 8 Species

Bittacus Latreille, 1942		1	Species	Taxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 1803		1	Species	Taxom
Monopsyllus Kolenati, 1803		1	Species	Taxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758		3	Species	Taxom
Paractenopsyllus Wagner, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1758	Human Fleas	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mauritius
8 Species

Bittacus diversinervis Souza Lopes ..., 1942
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803	A bird flea
Monopsyllus sciurorum Schrank, 1803
Panorpa alpina (Rambur, 1842)	⇒ Aulops alpina Rambur, 1842
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758	Gray bushmallow
Paractenopsyllus viettei Klein, 1965
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758	Human Flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Mauritius

Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	3 4 4	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