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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
8
16
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Metropolitan France
8 Families width 26 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies3SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Liassophilidae Tillyard, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Metropolitan France
15 Genera with 26 Species
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Archaeopsylla Dampf, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Cediopsylla Jnrdall, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalus Kolenati, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Dactylopsylla Jordan, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18111SpeciesTaxom
Liassophila Tillyard, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Oropsylla Wagner & Ioff, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 18427SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1803Human Fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Spilopsyllus Baker, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
26 Species and 3 Subspecies
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Archaeopsylla erinacei erinacei Bouche, 1835Hedgehog Flea
Bittacus chlorostigma MacLachlan, 1881Pale Snaketail
Bittacus pobeguini Navas, 1908
Bittacus walkeri Esben-Petersen, 1915
Cediopsylla simplex Baker, 1895
Ctenophthalmus (Medioctenophthalmus) nivalis Rothschild, 1909
Dactylopsylla bluei psila Prince & Stark, 1951
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Liassophila hydromanicoides RJ Tillyard, 1933
Myodopsylla insignis Rothschild, 1903
Oropsylla (Opisocrostis) bruneri Baker, 1895
Palaeopsylla minor Dale, 1878A mammal flea
Panorpa acuta (Carpenter, 1931)⇒ Panorpa issikii Penny & Byers, 1979
Panorpa cognata Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionfly
Panorpa decolorata Chou & Wang, 1981
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Panorpa meridionalis Rambur, 1842Wittmann's milkvetch
Panorpa subfurcata Westwood, 1842Cultivated tobacco
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex bruneri Baker, 1895
Pulex ignotus
Pulex sciurorum Schrank, 1803
Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale, 1878European rabbit flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SuborderParatrichoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
2
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
5
12
14
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