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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
395
3771
6641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
393
3769
6639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
376
3726
6590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
253
3215
5922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
10
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Natal
6 Families width 17 Species and 2 Subspecies
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies6SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19172SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Natal
10 Genera with 17 Species
Agetochoristella Riek, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Agetopanorpa Carpenter, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19316SpeciesTaxom
Hypsophthalmus Jordan & Rot..., 20011SpeciesTaxom
Mesochorista Tillyard, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsylla Becker-Migdi..., 19461SpeciesTaxom
Permochorista Tillyard, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Prochoristella Riek, 19762SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Natal
17 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agetochoristella similis Riek, 1973
Agetopanorpa similis E. F. Riek, 1973
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Bittacus bicornis Londt, 1993
Bittacus nebulosus Klug, 1838
Bittacus peringueyi Esben-Petersen, 1913
Bittacus selysi Esben-Petersen, 1917
Bittacus testaceus Klug, 1838
Bittacus zambezinus Navas, 1931
Hypsophthalmus baxteri Hastriter, 2001
Mesochorista australica R. J. Tillyard, 1917
Mesochorista channingi Riek, 1976
Mesopsylla tuschkan mesa Argyropulo, 1946
Permochorista australica Tillyard, 1918
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Prochoristella channingi E. F. Riek, 1976
Prochoristella hartmani E. F. Riek, 1976

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Natal
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
6
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
4
4
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