Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Monteverde Canton (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	287 3075 3811	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	287 3075 3811	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	279 3063 3794	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	214 2784 3526	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	5 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Monteverde Canton
5 Families width 5 Species and 2 Subspecies

Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907	Bat fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915		1	Species	Taxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915	Bird fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 1939		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Monteverde Canton
5 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Monteverde Canton
5 Species and 2 Subspecies

Nycteridopsylla (Nycteridopsylla) eusarca Dampf, 1908	A bat flea
Palaeopsylla soricis scobina Smit & Rosicky, 1965
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922	Southern kiore flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Monteverde Canton

Suborder

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Families
Genera
Species

Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)

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