Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Middlesex County (Massachusetts, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Middlesex County (Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	359 2328 4153	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	358 2327 4152	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	338 2260 4005	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	246 1969 3629	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	6 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
6 Families width 10 Species

Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906	Hanging scorpionflies	1	Species	Taxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816	Snow fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908	Bird Fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921	Earwig-flies	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionflies	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
7 Genera with 10 Species

Bittacus Latreille, 1861		1	Species	Taxom
Boreus Latreille, 1847		2	Species	Taxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 1803		1	Species	Taxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 1942		1	Species	Taxom
Merope Newman, 1838	Earwigfly	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1842		3	Species	Taxom
Polygenis Jordan, 1950		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
10 Species

Bittacus strigosus Hagen, 1861	Heterosporous ferns
Boreus brumalis Fitch, 1847	Mid-winter Boreus
Boreus nivoriundus Fitch, 1847	Snow-born Boreus
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803	A bird flea
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Merope tuber Newman, 1838	Earwig scorpionfly
Panorpa galerita Byers, 1962	Arizona Snaketail
Panorpa latipennis Hine, 1901	California bearpoppy
Panorpa subfurcata Westwood, 1842	Cultivated tobacco
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Middlesex County (Massachusetts)

Suborder	Neomecoptera ♰ Hinton, 1958	1 1 2	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	3 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	2 3 3	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
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Mecoptera at irmng.org
Mecoptera at itis.gov