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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region New Jersey (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
496
4456
9650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
493
4451
9644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
469
4369
9436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
317
3675
8036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
7
7
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Jersey
7 Families width 23 Species
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies16SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Jersey
7 Genera with 23 Species
Bittacus Latreille, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Jurachorista Soszynska-Ma..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Merope Newman, 1838Earwigfly1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 190616SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Jersey
23 Species
Bittacus pilicornis Westwood, 1846Cultivated tobacco
Bittacus strigosus Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Jurachorista bashkuevi Soszynska-Ma..., 2016
Merope tuber Newman, 1838Earwig scorpionfly
Panorpa acuta (Carpenter, 1931)⇒ Panorpa issikii Penny & Byers, 1979
Panorpa americana Swederus, 1787Wedgeleaf maidenplum
Panorpa banksiana Penny & Byers, 1979Acuminate Snaketail
Panorpa consuetudinis Snodgrass, 1927
Panorpa debilis Westwood, 1846Cultivated tobacco
Panorpa dissimilis Carpenter, 1931
Panorpa galerita Byers, 1962Arizona Snaketail
Panorpa helena Byers, 1962Arizona Snaketail
Panorpa issikii Penny & Byers, 1979Acuminate Snaketail
Panorpa latipennis Hine, 1901California bearpoppy
Panorpa maculosa Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Panorpa mirabilis Carpenter, 1931
Panorpa nebulosa Westwood, 1846Cultivated tobacco
Panorpa rufescens Rambur, 1842
Panorpa subfurcata Westwood, 1842Cultivated tobacco
Panorpa virginica Banks, 1906
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922Southern kiore flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in New Jersey
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
4
4
20
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
3
3
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